Strong's Hebrew · H2821

חָשַׁךְ

châshak · khaw-shak'

be black, be (make) dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide.

Definition

to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 17 times in Scripture

Psalms 69:23

May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.

Isaiah 5:30

In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.

Ecclesiastes 12:3

on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,

Exodus 10:15

They covered the face of all the land until it was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left behind. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.

Psalms 139:12

even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.

Job 3:9

May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.

Job 38:2

“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?

Job 18:6

The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.

Ecclesiastes 12:2

before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,

Psalms 105:28

He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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