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מַחְשָׁךְ H4285
H4285 is the Hebrew word מַחְשָׁךְ, transliterated machshâk and said makh-shawk'. The King James Version most often renders it darkness.
What it means
darkness; concretely, a dark place.
Where it comes from
from H2821 (חָשַׁךְ).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 6 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: dark(-ness, place).
Verses using מַחְשָׁךְ
All 6 verses, quoted in full.
Psalm 74:20 · KJV
Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
Psalm 88:6 · KJV
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
Psalm 143:3 · KJV
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Isaiah 29:15 · KJV
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Isaiah 42:16 · KJV
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
Lamentations 3:6 · KJV
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
Common questions
What does Strong's H4285 mean?
H4285 is the Hebrew word מַחְשָׁךְ (machshâk), meaning darkness; concretely, a dark place.
How is H4285 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it darkness (3 times), dark (2 times), dark places (1 time).
How many times does H4285 appear in the Bible?
מַחְשָׁךְ (machshâk) is tagged in 6 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H4285 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H2821 (חָשַׁךְ).
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