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ORIGINAL WORD · STRONG’S

חֹשֶׁךְ

H2822 · chôshek · kho-shek' · Hebrew

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Strong’s definition

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

KJV usage

dark(-ness), night, obscurity.

80mapped occurrences
77verses
4KJV renderings
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KJV renderings in this mapping

darkness 70dark 7obscurity 2night 1

Strong’s is a useful concordance and lexical reference layer. It does not by itself determine the meaning of a word in every context and is not a substitute for the verse, passage, or full grammatical analysis. Hebrew / Aramaic XML data: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0).

Mapped occurrences

Genesis 1:2Mapped KJV word: darkness

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:4Mapped KJV word: darkness

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:5Mapped KJV word: darkness

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Genesis 1:18Mapped KJV word: darkness

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

Exodus 10:21Mapped KJV word: darkness

And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

Exodus 10:21Mapped KJV word: darkness

And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

Exodus 10:22Mapped KJV word: darkness

And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:

Exodus 14:20Mapped KJV word: darkness

And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

Deuteronomy 4:11Mapped KJV word: darkness

And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

Deuteronomy 5:23Mapped KJV word: darkness

And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

Joshua 2:5Mapped KJV word: dark

And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

1 Samuel 2:9Mapped KJV word: darkness

He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

2 Samuel 22:12Mapped KJV word: darkness

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

2 Samuel 22:29Mapped KJV word: darkness

For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

Job 3:4Mapped KJV word: darkness

Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

Job 3:5Mapped KJV word: darkness

Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

Job 5:14Mapped KJV word: darkness

They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

Job 10:21Mapped KJV word: darkness

Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

Job 12:22Mapped KJV word: darkness

He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

Job 12:25Mapped KJV word: dark

They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

Job 15:22Mapped KJV word: darkness

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

Job 15:23Mapped KJV word: darkness

He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

Job 15:30Mapped KJV word: darkness

He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

Job 17:12Mapped KJV word: darkness

They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

Job 17:13Mapped KJV word: darkness

If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

Job 18:18Mapped KJV word: darkness

He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

Job 19:8Mapped KJV word: darkness

He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

Job 20:26Mapped KJV word: darkness

All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

Job 22:11Mapped KJV word: darkness

Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

Job 23:17Mapped KJV word: darkness

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

Job 24:16Mapped KJV word: dark

In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

Job 26:10Mapped KJV word: night

He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

Job 28:3Mapped KJV word: darkness

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

Job 29:3Mapped KJV word: darkness

When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

Job 34:22Mapped KJV word: darkness

There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Job 37:19Mapped KJV word: darkness

Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

Job 38:19Mapped KJV word: darkness

Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

Psalms 18:11Mapped KJV word: darkness

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

Psalms 18:28Mapped KJV word: darkness

For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

Psalms 35:6Mapped KJV word: dark

Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

Psalms 88:12Mapped KJV word: dark

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Psalms 104:20Mapped KJV word: darkness

Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

Psalms 105:28Mapped KJV word: darkness

He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

Psalms 107:10Mapped KJV word: darkness

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

Psalms 107:14Mapped KJV word: darkness

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

Psalms 112:4Mapped KJV word: darkness

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

Psalms 139:11Mapped KJV word: darkness

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

Psalms 139:12Mapped KJV word: darkness

Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

Proverbs 2:13Mapped KJV word: darkness

Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

Proverbs 20:20Mapped KJV word: darkness

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.