1) darkness, obscurity 1a) darkness 1b) secret place
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H2822 — חֹ֫שֶׁךְ
cho.shekh · darkness · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 1:2 · וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְNow 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.Genesis 1:4 · הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.Genesis 1:5 · וְלַחֹ֖שֶׁךְGod called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.Genesis 1:18 · הַחֹ֑שֶׁךְto preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.Exodus 10:21 · חֹ֖שֶׁךְ · חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃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.”Exodus 10:22 · חֹֽשֶׁךְ־So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.Exodus 14:20 · וְהַחֹ֔שֶׁךְso that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.Deuteronomy 4:11 · חֹ֖שֶׁךְYou came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.Deuteronomy 5:23 · הַחֹ֔שֶׁךְAnd when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,Joshua 2:5 · בַּחֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙At dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”1 Samuel 2:9 · בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְHe guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.2 Samuel 22:12 · חֹ֛שֶׁךְHe made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.2 Samuel 22:29 · חָשְׁכִּֽי׃For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.Job 3:4 · חֹ֥שֶׁךְIf only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.Job 3:5 · חֹ֣שֶׁךְMay darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.Job 5:14 · חֹ֑שֶׁךְThey encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.Job 10:21 · חֹ֣שֶׁךְbefore I go—never to return—to a land of darkness and gloom,Job 12:22 · חֹ֑שֶׁךְHe reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.Job 12:25 · חֹ֥שֶׁךְThey grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.Job 15:22 · חֹ֑שֶׁךְHe despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.Job 15:23 · חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.Job 15:30 · חֹ֗שֶׁךְHe will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.Job 17:12 · חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.Job 17:13 · בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְIf I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,Job 18:18 · חֹ֑שֶׁךְHe is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.Job 19:8 · חֹ֣שֶׁךְHe has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.Job 20:26 · חֹשֶׁךְ֮Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.Job 22:11 · חֹ֥שֶׁךְit is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.Job 23:17 · חֹ֑שֶׁךְYet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.Job 24:16 · בַּחֹ֗שֶׁךְIn the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.Job 26:10 · חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.Job 28:3 · לַחֹ֗שֶׁךְMan puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.Job 29:3 · חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,Job 34:22 · חֹ֭שֶׁךְThere is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.Job 37:19 · חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.Job 38:19 · וְ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְWhere is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,Psalm 18:11 · חֹ֨שֶׁךְ׀He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.Psalm 18:28 · חָשְׁכִּֽי׃For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.Psalm 35:6 · חֹ֥שֶׁךְMay their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.Psalm 88:12 · בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְWill Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?Psalm 104:20 · חֹ֭שֶׁךְYou bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.Psalm 105:28 · חֹ֭שֶׁךְHe sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words.Psalm 107:10 · חֹ֣שֶׁךְSome sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,Psalm 107:14 · מֵחֹ֣שֶׁךְHe brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.Psalm 112:4 · בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְLight dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.Psalm 139:11 · חֹ֣שֶׁךְIf I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—Psalm 139:12 · חֹשֶׁךְ֮even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.Proverbs 2:13 · חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,Proverbs 20:20 · חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.Ecclesiastes 2:13 · הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:Ecclesiastes 2:14 · בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְThe wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.Ecclesiastes 5:17 · בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְMoreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.Ecclesiastes 6:4 · וּבַחֹ֣שֶׁךְ · וּבַחֹ֖שֶׁךְFor a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.Ecclesiastes 11:8 · הַחֹ֔שֶׁךְSo if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.Isaiah 5:20 · חֹ֤שֶׁךְ · לְחֹ֔שֶׁךְWoe 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.Isaiah 5:30 · חֹ֔שֶׁךְIn that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.Isaiah 9:2 · בַּחֹ֔שֶׁךְThe people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.Isaiah 29:18 · וּמֵחֹ֔שֶׁךְOn that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.Isaiah 42:7 · חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.Isaiah 45:3 · חֹ֔שֶׁךְI will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.Isaiah 45:7 · חֹ֔שֶׁךְI form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.Isaiah 45:19 · חֹ֔שֶׁךְI have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.Isaiah 47:5 · בַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ“Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.Isaiah 49:9 · בַּחֹ֖שֶׁךְto say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.Isaiah 58:10 · בַּחֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.Isaiah 59:9 · חֹ֔שֶׁךְTherefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.Isaiah 60:2 · הַחֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.Lamentations 3:2 · חֹ֥שֶׁךְHe has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.Amos 5:18 · חֹ֥שֶׁךְWoe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.Amos 5:20 · חֹ֛שֶׁךְWill not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?Micah 7:8 · בַּחֹ֔שֶׁךְDo not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.Nahum 1:8 · חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.Zephaniah 1:15 · חֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,