חָשַׁךְ (ḥāšak) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning be or grow dark. It appears
18 times
in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2821).
Also rendered
to darken
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 769)
Range of meaning (TWOT 769)be, grow dark; be dark, withholding, darken; be black, cause darkness, be dim, hide
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חָשַׁךְ: be, grow dark
Strong's H2821חָשַׁךְ: to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken KJV:be black, be (make) dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.