be black, be make dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide
A primitive root; to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken -- be black, be (make) dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide.
חָשַׁךְverbbe, grow dark (Late Hebrew
id.; Aramaic
חֲשַׁךְ,
; Arabic
bear rancour, see Lag
BN 30) —
QalPerfect׳חIsaiah 5:30 4t.; וְחָֽשְׁכָה consecutive Micah 3:6 (but see below); חָֽשְׁכוּLamentations 5:17; וְחָֽשְׁכוּ consecutive Ecclesiastes 12:3; Imperfect3feminine singular תֶּחְשַׁךְEcclesiastes 12:2; וַתֶּחְשַׁךְExodus 10:15; 3masculine plural יֶחְשְׁכוּJob 3:9; 3feminine plural תֶּחְשַׁכְנָהPsalm 69:24; —
1be, grow dark, אוֺרIsaiah 5:30, compare (figurative) Job 18:6; הַשֶּׁמֶשׁIsaiah 13:10 (figurative); היוםEzekiel 30:18 (where read חשׁך, for ᵑ0 Baer חשׂך); Job 3:9 (subject כוכבים), compare Ecclesiastes 12:2 (subject השׁמשׁ, האור, הירח, הכוכבים); impersonal Micah 3:6; (si vera 1.; but read probably וַחֲשֵׁכָה, corresponding with לַיְלָה preceding).
2have a dark colour:מִשְּׁחוֺר׳חתָּֽאֳרָםLamentations 4:8darker than blackness is their visage; of the earth הָאֶרֶץExodus 10:15.
3grow dimLamentations 5:17 (subject עינינו), compare Psalm 69:24 (figurative), Ecclesiastes 12:3 subject הָראֹוֺת i.e. the eyes.
Hiph`ilPerfectהֶחְשִׁיךְAmos 5:8, וְהַחֲשַׁכְתִּ֫יAmos 8:9; ImperfectיַחֲשִׁיךְPsalm 139:12; יַחְשִׁךְJeremiah 13:16;וַיַּחְשִׁךְPsalm 105:28; ParticipleמַחְשִׁיךְJob 38:2; —
1make dark, ׳יום לילה החAmos 5:8; absolute cause darknessJeremiah 13:16; Psalm 105:28, compare Amos 8:9 (לארץ).
2=hide, conceal, followed by מִמֶּךָּPsalm 139:12.
3 figurative obscure, confuseJob 38:2 (object עֵצָה).
Strong's Hebrew: 2821. חָשַׁך (chashak) — 18 Occurrences
Exodus 10:15
HEB:כָּל־ הָאָרֶץ֮ וַתֶּחְשַׁ֣ךְ הָאָרֶץ֒ וַיֹּ֜אכַל
NAS: so that the land was darkened; and they ate
KJV: so that the land was darkened; and they did eat
INT: of the whole land was darkened the land ate
Job 3:9
HEB: יֶחְשְׁכוּ֮ כּוֹכְבֵ֪י נִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹ
NAS: of its twilight be darkened; Let it wait
KJV: of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look
INT:be darkened the stars twilight
Job 18:6
HEB: א֭וֹר חָשַׁ֣ךְ בְּאָהֳל֑וֹ וְ֝נֵר֗וֹ
NAS: in his tent is darkened, And his lamp
KJV: The light shall be dark in his tabernacle,
INT: the light is darkened his tent and his lamp
Job 38:2
HEB:מִ֤י זֶ֨ה ׀ מַחְשִׁ֖יךְ עֵצָ֥ה בְמִלִּ֗ין
NAS: is this that darkens counsel
KJV:Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel
INT: Who is this darkens counsel words
Psalm 69:23
HEB: תֶּחְשַׁ֣כְנָה עֵ֭ינֵיהֶם מֵרְא֑וֹת
NAS: May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot
KJV: Let their eyes be darkened, that they see
INT:grow may their eyes see
Psalm 105:28
HEB:שָׁ֣לַֽח חֹ֭שֶׁךְ וַיַּחְשִׁ֑ךְ וְלֹֽא־ מָ֝ר֗וּ
NAS: darkness and made [it] dark; And they did not rebel
KJV: darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled
INT: sent darkness and made did not rebel
Psalm 139:12
HEB:חֹשֶׁךְ֮ לֹֽא־ יַחְשִׁ֪יךְ מִ֫מֶּ֥ךָ וְ֭לַיְלָה
NAS: the darkness is not dark to You, And the night
KJV: Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night
INT: the darkness is not dark to You and the night
Ecclesiastes 12:2
HEB:אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא־ תֶחְשַׁ֤ךְ הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ וְהָא֔וֹר
NAS: and the stars are darkened, and clouds
KJV: or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds
INT: after not are darkened the sun and the light
Ecclesiastes 12:3
HEB:כִּ֣י מִעֵ֔טוּ וְחָשְׁכ֥וּ הָרֹא֖וֹת בָּאֲרֻבּֽוֹת׃
NAS: through windows grow dim;
KJV: of the windows be darkened,
INT: because almost some grow look windows
Isaiah 5:30
HEB:צַ֣ר וָא֔וֹר חָשַׁ֖ךְ בַּעֲרִיפֶֽיהָ׃ פ
NAS: Even the light is darkened by its clouds.
KJV: and the light is darkened in the heavens
INT: distress the light is darkened clouds
Isaiah 13:10
HEB:יָהֵ֖לּוּ אוֹרָ֑ם חָשַׁ֤ךְ הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ בְּצֵאת֔וֹ
NAS: The sun will be dark when it rises
KJV: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth,
INT: flash their light will be dark the sun rises
Jeremiah 13:16
HEB:כָּבוֹד֙ בְּטֶ֣רֶם יַחְשִׁ֔ךְ וּבְטֶ֛רֶם יִֽתְנַגְּפ֥וּ
NAS: Before He brings darkness And before
KJV: your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet
INT: glory Before brings and before stumble
Lamentations 4:8
HEB: חָשַׁ֤ךְ מִשְּׁחוֹר֙ תָּֽאֳרָ֔ם
NAS: Their appearance is blacker than soot,
KJV: Their visage is blacker than a coal;
INT:is blacker soot their appearance
Lamentations 5:17
HEB:עַל־ אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃
NAS: of these things our eyes are dim;
KJV: for these [things] our eyes are dim.
INT: Because of these are dim our eyes
Ezekiel 30:18
HEB: וּבִֽתְחַפְנְחֵס֙ חָשַׂ֣ךְ הַיּ֔וֹם בְּשִׁבְרִי־
NAS: the day will be dark When I break
KJV: also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break
INT: Tehaphnehes will be dark the day break
Amos 5:8
HEB:וְי֖וֹם לַ֣יְלָה הֶחְשִׁ֑יךְ הַקּוֹרֵ֣א לְמֵֽי־
NAS: into morning, Who also darkens day
KJV: and maketh the day dark with night:
INT: day night darkens calls the waters
Amos 8:9
HEB:הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם וְהַחֲשַׁכְתִּ֥י לָאָ֖רֶץ בְּי֥וֹם
NAS: down at noon And make the earth
KJV: at noon, and I will darken the earth
INT: the sun noon and make the earth day
Micah 3:6
HEB:לָכֶם֙ מֵֽחָז֔וֹן וְחָשְׁכָ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם מִקְּסֹ֑ם
KJV: [shall be] unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine;
INT: night vision be black divination will go
; Arabic 
bear rancour, see LagBN 30) —