חֲשֵׁכָה
cha.she.khah
“darkness”
Definition
darkness; figuratively, misery
or חֲשֵׁיכָהxlit chăshêkâh corrected to chăshêykâh; from H2821 (חָשַׁךְ);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
חֲשֵׁכָה appears 5 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
Who among you fears the LORDand obeys the voice of His Servant?Who among you walks in darknessand has no light?Let him trust in the name of the LORD;let him lean on his God.
Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.
even the darkness is not dark to You,but the night shines like the day,for darkness is as light to You.
They do not know or understand;they wander in the darkness;all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
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