Strong’s H2822 · Hebrew
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek · kho-shek'
Origin from חָשַׁךְ (H2821);
Meaning the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
In the King James Version dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
In 77 verses of the King James Version
1–50 of 77
- Genesis 1:2And 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 1:4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
- Genesis 1:5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
- Genesis 1:18And 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 10:21And 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 10:22And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
- Exodus 14:20And 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 4:11And 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 5:23And 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 2:5And 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 2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
- 2 Samuel 22:12And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
- 2 Samuel 22:29For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
- Job 3:4Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
- Job 3:5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
- Job 5:14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
- Job 10:21Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
- Job 12:22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
- Job 12:25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
- Job 15:22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
- Job 15:23He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
- Job 15:30He 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 17:12They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
- Job 17:13If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
- Job 18:18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
- Job 19:8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
- Job 20:26All 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 22:11Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
- Job 23:17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
- Job 24:16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
- Job 26:10He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
- Job 28:3He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
- Job 29:3When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
- Job 34:22There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
- Job 37:19Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
- Job 38:19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
- Psalms 18:11He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
- Psalms 18:28For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
- Psalms 35:6Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
- Psalms 88:12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
- Psalms 104:20Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
- Psalms 105:28He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
- Psalms 107:10Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
- Psalms 107:14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
- Psalms 112:4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
- Psalms 139:11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
- Psalms 139:12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
- Proverbs 2:13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
- Proverbs 20:20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
- Ecclesiastes 2:13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.