Word Study · Strong's H2824 · Hebrew

חֶשְׁכָה

cheshkah

khesh-kaw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: cheshkâh

“darkness”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

darkness

Rendered in the KJV as

dark.

1
occurrencein the Old Testament
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Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
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inflected formdistinct spellings

Across 1 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 1

חֶשְׁכַת־1

How it is rendered · 1

darkness of1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1

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HNcfsc · 1

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Psalms1 occurrence

Psalms 18:11חֶשְׁכַת־cheshkhat-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.here: darkness of

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