Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #2825 - חֲשֵׁכָה chashekah (darkness)

Original Word:	חֲשֵׁכָה
Transliteration:	chashekah
Definition:	darkness
Part of Speech:	Noun Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:	(khash-ay-kaw')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

darkness

Or chashekah {khash-ay-kaw'}; from chashak; darkness; figuratively, misery -- darkness.

see HEBREW chashak

Englishman's Concordance

1) darkness
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H2821
Same Word by TWOT Number: 769c

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חֲשֵׁכָהnoun femininedarkness (chiefly in poetry) — ׳חGenesis 15:12 2t., so read also probably Micah 3:6 (for ᵑ0חָֽשְׁכָה); חֲשֵׁיכָהPsalm 139:12; construct חֶשְׁכַּתPsalm 18:12; plural חֲשֵׁכִיםIsaiah 50:10; — darkness, opposed to light (אוֺרָה) Psalm 139:12; supernatural, גדולה׳חGenesis 15:12 (JE); חֶשְׁכַּתֿמַיִםPsalm 18:12 in theoph. (but "" 2 Samuel 22:12חַשְׁרַתמֿיםa mass of water); figurative=lack of understanding Psalm 82:5;=distress Isaiah 8:22 ("" צָרָה), Isaiah 50:10.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2825. חֲשֵׁכִים (chashekah) — 5 Occurrences

Genesis 15:12
HEB:וְהִנֵּ֥ה אֵימָ֛ה חֲשֵׁכָ֥ה גְדֹלָ֖ה נֹפֶ֥לֶת
NAS: [and] great darkness fell
KJV: of great darkness fell
INT: and behold terror darkness great fell

Psalm 82:5
HEB:וְלֹ֥א יָבִ֗ינוּ בַּחֲשֵׁכָ֥ה יִתְהַלָּ֑כוּ יִ֝מּ֗וֹטוּ
NAS: They walk about in darkness; All
KJV: they walk on in darkness: all the foundations
INT: nor understand darkness walk are shaken

Psalm 139:12
HEB:כַּיּ֣וֹם יָאִ֑יר כַּ֝חֲשֵׁיכָ֗ה כָּאוֹרָֽה׃
NAS: as the day. Darkness and light
KJV: as the day: the darkness and the light
INT: as the day bright Darkness and light

Isaiah 8:22
HEB:וְהִנֵּ֨ה צָרָ֤ה וַחֲשֵׁכָה֙ מְע֣וּף צוּקָ֔ה
NAS: distress and darkness, the gloom
KJV: and behold trouble and darkness, dimness
INT: and behold distress and darkness the gloom of anguish

Isaiah 50:10
HEB:אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ הָלַ֣ךְ חֲשֵׁכִ֗ים וְאֵ֥ין נֹ֙גַהּ֙
NAS: That walks in darkness and has no
KJV: that walketh [in] darkness, and hath no light?
INT: that walks darkness and has bright

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