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H2822חֹ֫שֶׁךְcho.shekh

darknessPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 4
  2. 4
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 2
  6. 1
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1
  10. 2
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 23
  19. 11
  20. 2
  21. 6
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 14
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. 1
  26. 2
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. 2
  30. 2
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. 1
  34. 1
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. 1
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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80 occurrences in 77 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Job 19:8

    He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.

    חֹ֣שֶׁךְ Cho.shekh “darkness”

  2. Job 20:26

    All darkness is laid up for his treasures; a fire not blown by man shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tent.

    חֹשֶׁךְ֮ cho.sheKh “darkness”

  3. Job 22:11

    Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and abundance of waters cover thee.

    חֹ֥שֶׁךְ Cho.shekh “darkness”

  4. Job 23:17

    Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did He cover the thick darkness from my face.

    חֹ֑שֶׁךְ Cho.shekh “darkness”

  5. Job 24:16

    In the dark they dig through houses; they shut themselves up in the day-time; they know not the light.

    בַּחֹ֗שֶׁךְ (חֹ֗שֶׁךְ) Cho.shekh “darkness”

  6. Job 26:10

    He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.

    חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ Cho.shekh “darkness”

  7. Job 28:3

    Man setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones of thick darkness and of the shadow of death.

    לַחֹ֗שֶׁךְ (חֹ֗שֶׁךְ) Cho.shekh “darkness”

  8. Job 29:3

    When His lamp shined above my head, and by His light I walked through darkness;

    חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ Cho.shekh “darkness”

  9. Job 34:22

    There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

    חֹ֭שֶׁךְ Cho.shekh “[is] darkness”

  10. Job 37:19

    Teach us what we shall say unto Him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

    חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ Cho.shekh “darkness”

  11. Job 38:19

    Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and as for darkness, where is the place thereof;

    וְ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ (חֹ֗שֶׁךְ) Cho.shekh “darkness”

  12. Psalms 18:12

    He made darkness His hiding-place, His pavilion round about Him; darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

    חֹ֨שֶׁךְ׀ Cho.shekh “darkness”

  13. Psalms 18:29

    For Thou dost light my lamp; the LORD my God doth lighten my darkness.

    חָשְׁכִּֽי׃ (חָשְׁכִּֽ) cha.she.K “darkness”

  14. Psalms 35:6

    Let their way be dark and slippery, the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

    חֹ֥שֶׁךְ Cho.shekh “darkness”

  15. Psalms 88:13

    Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark? and Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

    בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ (חֹ֣שֶׁךְ) Cho.shekh “darkness”

  16. Psalms 104:20

    Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

    חֹ֭שֶׁךְ Cho.shekh “darkness”

  17. Psalms 105:28

    He sent darkness, and it was dark; and they rebelled not against His word.

    חֹ֭שֶׁךְ Cho.shekh “darkness”

  18. Psalms 107:10

    Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron--

    חֹ֣שֶׁךְ Cho.shekh “darkness”

  19. Psalms 107:14

    He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder.

    מֵחֹ֣שֶׁךְ (חֹ֣שֶׁךְ) Cho.shekh “darkness”

  20. Psalms 112:4

    Unto the upright He shineth as a light in the darkness, gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

    בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ (חֹ֣שֶׁךְ) Cho.shekh “darkness”

  21. Psalms 139:11

    And if I say: 'Surely the darkness shall envelop me, and the light about me shall be night';

    חֹ֣שֶׁךְ Cho.shekh “darkness”

  22. Psalms 139:12

    Even the darkness is not too dark for Thee, but the night shineth as the day; the darkness is even as the light.

    חֹשֶׁךְ֮ cho.sheKh “darkness”

  23. Proverbs 2:13

    Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

    חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ Cho.shekh “darkness”

  24. Proverbs 20:20

    Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.

    חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ Cho.shekh “darkness”

  25. Ecclesiastes 2:13

    Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

    הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ (חֹֽשֶׁךְ) Cho.shekh “darkness”