Word Study · Strong's H2825 · Hebrew
חֲשֵׁכָה
chashekah
khash-ay-kaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: chăshêkâh
“darkness”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
darkness; figuratively, misery
Rendered in the KJV as
darkness.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- בַּחֲשֵׁכָ֥ה1
- וַחֲשֵׁכָה֙1
- חֲשֵׁכָ֥ה1
- חֲשֵׁכִ֗ים1
- כַּ֝חֲשֵׁיכָ֗ה1
How it is rendered · 5
- and darkness1
- as the darkness1
- darkness1
- darknesses1
- in darkness1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular1
- noun · masculine plural1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncfsa · 1
- HNcfsa · 1
- HNcmpa · 1
- HR/Ncfsa · 1
- HRd/Ncfsa · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 82:5בַּחֲשֵׁכָ֥הbachashekhahpreposition + noun · feminine singularThey do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.here: in darkness
- Psalms 139:12כַּ֝חֲשֵׁיכָ֗הkachasheikhahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulareven the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.here: as the darkness
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 8:22וַחֲשֵׁכָה֙vachashekhahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularThen they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.here: and darkness
- Isaiah 50:10חֲשֵׁכִ֗יםchashekhimnoun · masculine pluralWho among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.here: darknesses