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חָשַׁךְ H2821

H2821 is the Hebrew word חָשַׁךְ, transliterated châshak and said khaw-shak'. The King James Version most often renders it darkened.

Word: חָשַׁךְTransliteration: châshakSaid: khaw-shak'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 16 verses

What it means

to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 17 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

darkened 6×dark 4×thereof be dark 1×darkeneth 1×made it dark 1×hideth 1×before he cause darkness 1×blacker 1×darken 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: be black, be (make) dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide.

Verses using חָשַׁךְ

All 16 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 10:15 · KJV

For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

Job 3:9 · KJV

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

Job 18:6 · KJV

The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

Job 38:2 · KJV

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

Psalm 69:23 · KJV

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

Psalm 105:28 · KJV

He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

Psalm 139:12 · KJV

Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

Ecclesiastes 12:2 · KJV

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

Isaiah 5:30 · KJV

And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

Isaiah 13:10 · KJV

For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

Jeremiah 13:16 · KJV

Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

Lamentations 4:8 · KJV

Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

Ezekiel 30:18 · KJV

At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.

Amos 5:8 · KJV

Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:

Amos 8:9 · KJV

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:

Micah 3:6 · KJV

Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.

Common questions

What does Strong's H2821 mean?

H2821 is the Hebrew word חָשַׁךְ (châshak), meaning to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken.

How is H2821 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it darkened (6 times), dark (4 times), thereof be dark (1 time), darkeneth (1 time), made it dark (1 time), among others.

How many times does H2821 appear in the Bible?

חָשַׁךְ (châshak) is tagged in 16 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2821 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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