H2822 — חֹשֶׁךְ (chôshek)

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Strong's H2822 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: חֹשֶׁךְ (chôshek)

Pronunciation: kho-shek'

Morphology: n-m

Derivation: from חָשַׁךְ (châshak) [H2821];

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

KJV Renderings: dark(-ness), night, obscurity.

Senses

  1. darkness, obscurity
    1. darkness
    2. secret place

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
G1105 γνόφος gnóphos akin to G3509 gloom (as of a storm) blackness
G3509 νέφος néphos apparently a primary word a cloud cloud
G4652 σκοτεινός skoteinós from G4655 opaque, i.e. (figuratively) benighted dark, full of darkness
G4655 σκότος skótos from the base of G4639 shadiness, i.e. obscurity (literally or figuratively) darkness
H2821 חָשַׁךְ châshak a primitive root to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken be black, be (make) dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.