Strong's Hebrew · H2825

חֲשֵׁכָה

chăshêkâh · khash-ay-kaw'

darkness.

Definition

darkness; figuratively, misery

Derivation

or חֲשֵׁיכָהxlit chăshêkâh corrected to chăshêykâh; from H2821 (חָשַׁךְ);

Appears 5 times in Scripture

Psalms 82:5

They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Isaiah 50:10

Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.

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.

Genesis 15:12

As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.

Isaiah 8:22

Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.

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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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