חֹשֶׁךְ

chôshek · Hebrew · Strong's H2822 · 80 occurrences

The KJV renders 6 different Hebrew and Greek words as “dark”

What it means

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

from H2821 (חָשַׁךְ);

How the KJV renders it

dark, night, obscurity

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“dark”

also renders skoteinós (G4652), skotía (G4653), auchmērós (G850), cheshkâh (H2824), chashrâh (H2841)

“night”

also renders mésos (G3319), lêylᵉyâʼ (H3916)

“obscurity”

also renders ʼôphel (H652)

Questions this word decides

Is speaking in tongues for today?

Where it appears

80 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Samuel 2:9 HRd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 22:12 HNcmsa2 Samuel 22:29 HNcmsc/Sp1csAmos 5:18 HNcmsaAmos 5:20 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 4:11 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 5:23 HTd/NcmsaEcclesiastes 2:13 HTd/NcmsaEcclesiastes 2:14 HRd/NcmsaEcclesiastes 5:17 HRd/NcmsaEcclesiastes 6:4 HC/Rd/NcmsaEcclesiastes 11:8 HTd/NcmsaExodus 10:21 HNcmsaExodus 10:22 HNcmscExodus 14:20 HC/Td/NcmsaEzekiel 8:12 HRd/NcmsaEzekiel 32:8 HNcmsaGenesis 1:2 HC/NcmsaGenesis 1:4 HTd/NcmsaGenesis 1:5 HC/Rd/NcmsaGenesis 1:18 HTd/NcmsaIsaiah 5:20 HNcmsaIsaiah 5:30 HNcmsaIsaiah 9:2 HRd/NcmsaIsaiah 29:18 HC/R/NcmsaIsaiah 42:7 HNcmsaIsaiah 45:3 HNcmsaIsaiah 45:7 HNcmsaIsaiah 45:19 HNcmsaIsaiah 47:5 HRd/NcmsaIsaiah 49:9 HRd/NcmsaIsaiah 58:10 HRd/NcmsaIsaiah 59:9 HNcmsaIsaiah 60:2 HTd/NcmsaJob 3:4 HNcmsaJob 3:5 HNcmsaJob 5:14 HNcmsaJob 10:21 HNcmsaJob 12:22 HNcmsaJob 12:25 HNcmsaJob 15:22 HNcmsaJob 15:23 HNcmsaJob 15:30 HNcmsaJob 17:12 HNcmsaJob 17:13 HRd/NcmsaJob 18:18 HNcmsaJob 19:8 HNcmsaJob 20:26 HNcmsaJob 22:11 HNcmsaJob 23:17 HNcmsaJob 24:16 HRd/NcmsaJob 26:10 HNcmsaJob 28:3 HRd/NcmsaJob 29:3 HNcmsaJob 34:22 HNcmsaJob 37:19 HNcmsaJob 38:19 HC/NcmsaJoel 2:2 HNcmsaJoel 2:31 HR/NcmsaJoshua 2:5 HRd/Ncmsa

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.