Strong H2822חֹ֫שֶׁךְ

darkness

Transliteration: chôshek
Pronunciation: kho-shek'
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From H2821; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively {misery} destruction 6
{death} ignorance 6
{sorrow} wickedness: - dark ({-ness}) {night} obscurity.

Detailed definition

1) darkness, obscurity
1a) darkness
1b) secret place

In the Bible

Strong H2822 appears in 77 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

darkness66
dark5
be2
obscurity2
let1
night1

First verses

Genesis 1:2
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 1:4
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Genesis 1:5
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Genesis 1:18
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 10:21
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 10:22
And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
Exodus 14:20
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 4:11
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 5:23
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 2:5
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 2:9
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 22:12
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
2 Samuel 22:29
For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.
Job 3:4
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
Job 3:5
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Job 5:14
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
Job 10:21
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Job 12:22
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
Job 12:25
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Job 15:22
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.