TBESH · H2822
חֹ֫שֶׁךְ · cho.shekh · darkness
1) darkness, obscurity 1a) darkness 1b) secret place
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cho.shekh H2822
חֹ֫שֶׁךְ (cho.shekh) means “darkness” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
חֹ֫שֶׁךְ Hebrew · H2822 80 tagged occurrences in 77 verses
Pronunciation guide: kho-shek' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H2821 (חָשַׁךְ); the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
KJV glosses: dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
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How translators render H2822
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| darkness | 21 |
| in darkness | 11 |
| of darkness | 10 |
| the darkness | 8 |
| in the darkness | 5 |
| to darkness | 3 |
| and darkness | 2 |
| into darkness | 2 |
| my darkness | 2 |
| and the darkness | 1 |
| at dusk | 1 |
| be darkness | 1 |
| dark | 1 |
| in obscurity | 1 |
| in the dark | 1 |
| is darkness | 1 |
| it is so dark | 1 |
| may darkness | 1 |
| our darkness | 1 |
| so that darkness | 1 |
| the deep darkness | 1 |
| there in the darkness | 1 |
| through the darkness | 1 |
| to the darkness | 1 |
| with darkness | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| darkness | 16 |
| of darkness | 10 |
| in darkness | 9 |
| in the dark | 4 |
| out of darkness | 3 |
| and darkness | 2 |
| in the darkness | 2 |
| into darkness | 2 |
| my darkness | 2 |
| the darkness | 2 |
| with darkness | 2 |
| all darkness | 1 |
| and night | 1 |
| and out of darkness | 1 |
| and the darkness | 1 |
| and thick darkness | 1 |
| be dark | 1 |
| be darkness | 1 |
| behold darkness | 1 |
| but behold obscurity | 1 |
| even darkness | 1 |
| for behold the darkness | 1 |
| for darkness | 1 |
| from the darkness | 1 |
| in a dark | 1 |
| in obscurity | 1 |
| let darkness | 1 |
| no darkness | 1 |
| of the darkness | 1 |
| or darkness | 1 |
| surely the darkness | 1 |
| that there may be darkness | 1 |
| thee into darkness | 1 |
| thereof and darkness | 1 |
| to darkness | 1 |
| when it was dark | 1 |
| yea the darkness | 1 |
Verses containing H2822
Page 1 of 2. 77 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 1:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Read word by word - Genesis 1:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
Read word by word - Genesis 1:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
Read word by word - Genesis 1:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Read word by word - Exodus 10:21
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”
Read word by word - Exodus 10:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.
Read word by word - Exodus 14:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 4:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 5:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,
Read word by word - Joshua 2:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
At dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 2:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 22:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 22:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.
Read word by word - Job 3:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.
Read word by word - Job 3:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
Read word by word - Job 5:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
Read word by word - Job 10:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
before I go—never to return—to a land of darkness and gloom,
Read word by word - Job 12:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
Read word by word - Job 12:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
Read word by word - Job 15:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
Read word by word - Job 15:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
Read word by word - Job 15:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
Read word by word - Job 17:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
Read word by word - Job 17:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
Read word by word - Job 18:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
Read word by word - Job 19:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
Read word by word - Job 20:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
Read word by word - Job 22:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
Read word by word - Job 23:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
Read word by word - Job 24:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
Read word by word - Job 26:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
Read word by word - Job 28:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
Read word by word - Job 29:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
Read word by word - Job 34:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
Read word by word - Job 37:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.
Read word by word - Job 38:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,
Read word by word - Psalms 18:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 18.12
- Psalms 18:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 18.29
- Psalms 35:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
Read word by word - Psalms 88:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 88.13
- Psalms 104:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
Read word by word - Psalms 105:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words.
Read word by word - Psalms 107:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
Read word by word - Psalms 107:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.
Read word by word - Psalms 112:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
Read word by word - Psalms 139:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
Read word by word - Psalms 139:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
Read word by word - Proverbs 2:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
Read word by word - Proverbs 20:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 2:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
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