חֲשֵׁכָה
ḥăšēkâ
darkness
Strong's H2825NounHebrewTWOT 769c

חֲשֵׁכָה (ḥăšēkâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning darkness. It appears 5 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2825).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 769c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 769c)darkness; misery
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חֲשֵׁכָה noun, feminine: darkness

darkness (chiefly poetic)

Strong's H2825 חֲשֵׁכָה: darkness; figuratively, misery
KJV:darkness.

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.

Root family 769: חָשַׁךְ ḥāšak — be, grow dark; be dark, withholding, darken; be black, cause darkness, be dim, hide

See it in Scripture

Genesis 15:12Psalms 82:5Isaiah 50:10

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