H2822

חֹשֶׁךְ

chôshek · kho-shek'

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

Lexicon

Derivation: from H2821 (חָשַׁךְ);

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

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

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: dark(-ness), night, obscurity.

Letters

Het

Shin

Kaf

חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
Concrete
wall · fence · tent wall
Extended
to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
Concrete
teeth · sharp · press · bow
Extended
to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
כKaf20
Picture: open palm
Concrete
palm · open hand · sole of the foot
Extended
to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to separate and protect › to consume, to destroy › the open hand that covers

To separate and protect that works to consume, to destroy of the open hand that covers.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֹשֶׁךְ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

80 occurrences · 80 OT · 0 NT · 36 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

darkness11 · 17%
of darkness10 · 16%
in darkness8 · 13%
in the dark4 · 6%
out of darkness3 · 5%
and darkness2 · 3%
the darkness2 · 3%
my darkness2 · 3%
be darkness2 · 3%
with darkness2 · 3%
in the darkness2 · 3%
into darkness2 · 3%
and the darkness1 · 2%
from the darkness1 · 2%
that there may be darkness1 · 2%
even darkness1 · 2%
and thick darkness1 · 2%
of the darkness1 · 2%
when it was dark1 · 2%
let darkness1 · 2%
all darkness1 · 2%
or darkness1 · 2%
and night1 · 2%
to darkness1 · 2%
through darkness1 · 2%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃10חֹ֣שֶׁךְ6חֹ֥שֶׁךְ6בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ5חֹ֔שֶׁךְ5חֹ֑שֶׁךְ5חֹ֭שֶׁךְ3בַּחֹ֔שֶׁךְ3חֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙2הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃2חָשְׁכִּֽי׃2לְחֹ֔שֶׁךְ2

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.