Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #4285 - מַחְשָׁךְ machshak (dark place)

Original Word:	מַחְשָׁךְ
Transliteration:	machshak
Definition:	dark place
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(makh-shawk')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

darkness, place

From chashak; darkness; concretely, a dark place -- dark(-ness, place).

see HEBREW chashak

Englishman's Concordance

1) dark place, darkness, secrecy
1a) hiding-place
1b) dark region
1c) grave
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H2821
Same Word by TWOT Number: 769d

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מַחְשַׁךְnoun masculinedark place (poetry) — absolute ׳מIsaiah 29:15; Isaiah 42:16; מַחְשָׁ֑ךְPsalm 88:19; plural מַחֲשַׁכִּיםPsalm 88:7; Psalm 143:3=Lamentations 3:6 construct מַחֲשַׁכֵּיPsalm 74:20; — dark place:

a.=hiding-placeאֿרץ׳מחPsalm 74:20.

b.dark region, in which men may lose their way Isaiah 42:16.

c.=grave, or שׁאולPsalm 88:19 (see Che); of dark place of God's wrath (like She' ô l) Psalm 88:7; compare Psalm 143:3=Lamentations 3:6.

d.=secret place, secrecy (of plots) Isaiah 29:15.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 4285. מַחְשָׁך (machshak) — 7 Occurrences

Psalm 74:20
HEB:כִּ֥י מָלְא֥וּ מַחֲשַׁכֵּי־ אֶ֝֗רֶץ נְא֣וֹת
NAS: the covenant; For the dark places of the land
KJV: unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth
INT: for are full the dark of the land of the habitations

Psalm 88:6
HEB:בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃
NAS: pit, In dark places, in the depths.
KJV: pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
INT: pit the lowest dark the depths

Psalm 88:18
HEB:וָרֵ֑עַ מְֽיֻדָּעַ֥י מַחְשָֽׁךְ׃
NAS: from me; My acquaintances are [in] darkness.
KJV: from me, [and] mine acquaintance into darkness.
INT: and friend my acquaintances are darkness

Psalm 143:3
HEB:חַיָּתִ֑י הוֹשִׁיבַ֥נִי בְ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים כְּמֵתֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם׃
NAS: He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long
KJV: he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long
INT: my life dwell dark been dead have long

Isaiah 29:15
HEB:עֵצָ֑ה וְהָיָ֤ה בְמַחְשָׁךְ֙ מַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֔ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
NAS: And whose deeds are [done] in a dark place, And they say,
KJV: and their works are in the dark, and they say,
INT: their plans are in A dark deeds say

Isaiah 42:16
HEB:אַדְרִיכֵ֑ם אָשִׂים֩ מַחְשָׁ֨ךְ לִפְנֵיהֶ֜ם לָא֗וֹר
NAS: them. I will make darkness into light
KJV: I will make darkness light
INT: will guide will make darkness before light

Lamentations 3:6
HEB: בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥ים הוֹשִׁיבַ֖נִי כְּמֵתֵ֥י
NAS:In dark places He has made me dwell,
KJV: He hath set me in dark places, as [they that be] dead
INT:dark dwell been dead

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