H2822 חֹשֶׁךְ
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 80 KJV occurrences
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek · kho-shek'
Definition
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
KJV Renderings
dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
Derivation / Etymology
from H2821 (חָשַׁךְ);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 80)
- Genesis 1:2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
- Joshua 2:5And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
- Job 15:22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
- Job 24:16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
- Psalms 88:12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
- Ecclesiastes 2:13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
- Isaiah 29:18¶ And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
- Lamentations 3:2He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.