חֹשֶׁךְ
Strong's H2822
chôshek
/kho-shek'/
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Quick Facts
- Strong's Number
- H2822
- Hebrew
- חֹשֶׁךְ
- Transliteration
- chôshek
- Pronunciation
- /kho-shek'/
- KJV Translations
- 3 distinct renderings
- Language
- Biblical Hebrew
Definition & Etymology
Full Definition
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Derivation
from H2821 (חָשַׁךְ);H2821 (châshak)
KJV Translation Breakdown
This Hebrew word is translated as the following in the King James Version:
dark(-ness)nightobscurity
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