H2822Noun, masculine80 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
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- Genesis 1:2וְחֹשֶׁךְ
Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
- Exodus 10:21חֹשֶׁךְ
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”
- Job 3:4חֹשֶׁךְ
If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.
- Psalm 18:11חֹשֶׁךְ
He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.
- Ecclesiastes 2:13הַחֹשֶׁךְ
And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
- Isaiah 5:20חֹשֶׁךְ
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.