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Hebrew word study

חֹשֶׁךְchôshek — the dark

Pronounced “kho-shek'”

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

Translated in the King James as: dark(-ness), night, obscurity.

Appears 80 times in Scripture

Origin: from H2821 (חָשַׁךְ);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 4×

Genesis 1:2 Genesis 1:4 Genesis 1:5 Genesis 1:18

Exodus — 4×

Exodus 10:21 Exodus 10:22 Exodus 14:20+ 1 more in Exodus

Deuteronomy — 2×

Deuteronomy 4:11 Deuteronomy 5:23

Joshua — 1×

1 Samuel — 1×

2 Samuel — 2×

2 Sam 22:12 2 Sam 22:29

Job — 23×

Job 3:4 Job 3:5 Job 5:14 Job 10:21 Job 12:22 Job 12:25 Job 15:22 Job 15:23 Job 15:30 Job 17:12 Job 17:13 Job 18:18 Job 19:8 Job 20:26 Job 22:11 Job 23:17 Job 24:16 Job 26:10 Job 28:3 Job 29:3 Job 34:22 Job 37:19 Job 38:19

Psalms — 11×

Psalms 18:11 Psalms 18:28 Psalms 35:6 Psalms 88:12 Psalms 104:20 Psalms 105:28 Psalms 107:10 Psalms 107:14 Psalms 112:4 Psalms 139:11 Psalms 139:12

Proverbs — 2×

Proverbs 2:13 Proverbs 20:20

Ecclesiastes — 6×

Eccles 2:13 Eccles 2:14 Eccles 5:17 Eccles 6:4 Eccles 11:8+ 1 more in Ecclesiastes

Isaiah — 14×

Isaiah 5:20 Isaiah 5:30 Isaiah 9:2 Isaiah 29:18 Isaiah 42:7 Isaiah 45:3 Isaiah 45:7 Isaiah 45:19 Isaiah 47:5 Isaiah 49:9 Isaiah 58:10 Isaiah 59:9 Isaiah 60:2+ 1 more in Isaiah

Lamentations — 1×

Ezekiel — 2×

Ezekiel 8:12 Ezekiel 32:8

Joel — 2×

Joel 2:2 Joel 2:31

Amos — 2×

Amos 5:18 Amos 5:20

Micah — 1×

Nahum — 1×

Zephaniah — 1×

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.