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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 Bible in Basic English.

  1. Ecclesiastes 2:14

    The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.

    בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ (חֹ֣שֶׁךְ) Cho.shekh “darkness”

  2. Ecclesiastes 5:16

    All his days are in the dark, and he has much sorrow, pain, disease, and trouble.

    בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ (חֹ֣שֶׁךְ) Cho.shekh “darkness”

  3. Ecclesiastes 6:4

    In wind it came and to the dark it will go, and with the dark will its name be covered.

    וּבַחֹ֣שֶׁךְ (חֹ֣שֶׁךְ) Cho.shekh “darkness”וּבַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ (חֹ֖שֶׁךְ) Cho.shekh “darkness”

  4. Ecclesiastes 11:8

    But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.

    הַחֹ֔שֶׁךְ (חֹ֔שֶׁךְ) Cho.shekh “darkness”

  5. Isaiah 5:20

    Cursed are those who give the name of good to evil, and of evil to what is good: who make light dark, and dark light: who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter!

    חֹ֤שֶׁךְ Cho.shekh “darkness”לְחֹ֔שֶׁךְ (חֹ֔שֶׁךְ) Cho.shekh “darkness”

  6. Isaiah 5:30

    And his voice will be loud over him in that day like the sounding of the sea: and if a man's eyes are turned to the earth, it is all dark and full of trouble; and the light is made dark by thick clouds.

    חֹ֔שֶׁךְ Cho.shekh “darkness”

  7. Isaiah 9:2

    The people who went in the dark have seen a great light, and for those who were living in the land of the deepest night, the light is shining.

    בַּחֹ֔שֶׁךְ (חֹ֔שֶׁךְ) Cho.shekh “darkness”

  8. Isaiah 29:18

    And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.

    וּמֵחֹ֔שֶׁךְ (חֹ֔שֶׁךְ) Cho.shekh “darkness”

  9. Isaiah 42:7

    To give eyes to the blind, to make free the prisoners from the prison, to let out those who are shut up in the dark.

    חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ Cho.shekh “darkness”

  10. Isaiah 45:3

    And I will give you the stores of the dark, and the wealth of secret places, so that you may be certain that I am the Lord, who gave you your name, even the God of Israel.

    חֹ֔שֶׁךְ Cho.shekh “darkness”

  11. Isaiah 45:7

    I am the giver of light and the maker of the dark; causing blessing, and sending troubles; I am the Lord, who does all these things.

    חֹ֔שֶׁךְ Cho.shekh “darkness”

  12. Isaiah 45:19

    I have not given my word in secret, in a place in the underworld; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Go into a waste land to make request of me: I the Lord say what is true, my word is righteousness.

    חֹ֔שֶׁךְ Cho.shekh “darkness”

  13. Isaiah 47:5

    Be seated in the dark without a word, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will no longer be named, The Queen of Kingdoms.

    בַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ (חֹ֖שֶׁךְ) Cho.shekh “darkness”

  14. Isaiah 49:9

    Saying to those who are in chains, Go free; to those who are in the dark, Come out into the light. They will get food by the way wherever they go, and have grass-lands on all the dry mountain-tops.

    בַּחֹ֖שֶׁךְ (חֹ֖שֶׁךְ) Cho.shekh “darkness”

  15. Isaiah 58:10

    And if you give your bread to those in need of it, so that the troubled one may have his desire; then you will have light in the dark, and your night will be as the full light of the sun:

    בַּחֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙ (חֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙) Cho.shekh “darkness”

  16. Isaiah 59:9

    For this cause our right is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us: we are looking for light, but there is only the dark; for the shining of the sun, but our way is in the night.

    חֹ֔שֶׁךְ Cho.shekh “darkness”

  17. Isaiah 60:2

    For truly, the earth will be dark, and the peoples veiled in blackest night; but the Lord will be shining on you, and his glory will be seen among you.

    הַחֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙ (חֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙) Cho.shekh “darkness”

  18. Lamentations 3:2

    By him I have been made to go in the dark where there is no light.

    חֹ֥שֶׁךְ Cho.shekh “darkness”

  19. Ezekiel 8:12

    And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the responsible men of the children of Israel do in the dark, every man in his room of pictured images? for they say, The Lord does not see us; the Lord has gone away from the land.

    בַּחֹ֔שֶׁךְ (חֹ֔שֶׁךְ) Cho.shekh “darkness”

  20. Ezekiel 32:8

    All the bright lights of heaven I will make dark over you, and put dark night on your land, says the Lord.

    חֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙ cho.shekh “darkness”

  21. Joel 2:2

    For a day of dark and deep shade is near, a day of cloud and black night: like a black cloud a great and strong people is covering the mountains; there has never been any like them and will not be after them again, from generation to generation.

    חֹ֣שֶׁךְ Cho.shekh “darkness”

  22. Joel 2:31 (not in Bible in Basic English)

    לְחֹ֔שֶׁךְ (חֹ֔שֶׁךְ) Cho.shekh “darkness”

  23. Amos 5:18

    Sorrow to you who are looking for the day of the Lord! what is the day of the Lord to you? it is dark and not light.

    חֹ֥שֶׁךְ Cho.shekh “[will be] darkness”

  24. Amos 5:20

    Will not the day of the Lord be dark and not light? even very dark, with no light shining in it?

    חֹ֛שֶׁךְ Cho.shekh “[be] darkness”

  25. Micah 7:8

    Do not be glad because of my sorrow, O my hater: after my fall I will be lifted up; when I am seated in the dark, the Lord will be a light to me.

    בַּחֹ֔שֶׁךְ (חֹ֔שֶׁךְ) Cho.shekh “darkness”