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 2 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.
- Ecclesiastes 2:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 5:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.16
- Ecclesiastes 6:4
· BSB · 2 occurrences
For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 11:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
Read word by word - Isaiah 5:20
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
Read word by word - Isaiah 5:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Isaiah 9:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.1
- Isaiah 29:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
Read word by word - Isaiah 42:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
Read word by word - Isaiah 45:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
Read word by word - Isaiah 45:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
Read word by word - Isaiah 45:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.
Read word by word - Isaiah 47:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.
Read word by word - Isaiah 49:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.
Read word by word - Isaiah 58:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
Read word by word - Isaiah 59:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
Read word by word - Isaiah 60:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.
Read word by word - Lamentations 3:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 8:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
Read word by word - Ezekiel 32:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.
Read word by word - Joel 2:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.
Read word by word - Joel 2:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 3.4
- Amos 5:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.
Read word by word - Amos 5:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?
Read word by word - Micah 7:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
Read word by word - Nahum 1:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.
Read word by word - Zephaniah 1:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
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