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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)
Answers that weigh this word
Where it appears
80 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Samuel 2:9 · HRd/Ncmsa
He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness; for no man will prevail by strength.
2 Samuel 22:12 · HNcmsa
He made darkness a shelter around himself, gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
2 Samuel 22:29 · HNcmsc/Sp1cs
For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh will light up my darkness.
Amos 5:18 · HNcmsa
“Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light.
Amos 5:20 · HNcmsa
Won’t the day of Yahweh be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Deuteronomy 4:11 · HNcmsa
You came near and stood under the mountain. The mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
Deuteronomy 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.