חָשַׁךְ
cha.shakh
“to darken”
Definition
to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken
a primitive root;
- to be or become dark, grow dim, be darkened, be black, be hidden 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be or grow dark 1a2) to have a dark colour 1a3) to grow dim 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to make dark, cause to be dark 1b2) to hide, conceal 1b3) to obscure, confuse (fig.)
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logos (G3056)
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
חָשַׁךְ appears 16 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
He who made the Pleiades and Orion,who turns darkness into dawnand darkens day into night,who summons the waters of the seaand pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—
on the day the keepers of the house trembleand the strong men stoop,when those grinding cease because they are fewand those watching through windows see dimly,
In that day they will roar over it,like the roaring of the sea.If one looks over the land,he will see darkness and distress;even the light will be obscured by clouds.
May its morning stars grow dark;may it wait in vain for daylight;may it not see the breaking of dawn.
Because of this, our hearts are faint;because of these, our eyes grow dim—
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.