חָשַׁךְ

cha.shakhto darkenHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb17 occurrences9 books17 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken
Traditional renderings: be black, be (make) dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָשַׁךְ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

17 total
  1. Exodus 10:15וַתֶּחְשַׁ֣ךְ · was black
    They covered the face of all the land until it was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left behind. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
  2. Job 3:9יֶחְשְׁכוּ֮ · grow dark
    May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
  3. Job 18:6חָשַׁ֣ךְ · grows dark
    The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
  4. Job 38:2מַחְשִׁ֖יךְ · who obscures
    “Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
  5. Psalm 69:23תֶּחְשַׁ֣כְנָה · be darkened
    May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.
  6. Psalm 105:28וַיַּחְשִׁ֑ךְ · and it became dark
    He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words.
  7. Psalm 139:12יַחְשִׁ֪יךְ · dark
    …even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
  8. Ecclesiastes 12:2תֶחְשַׁ֤ךְ · is darkened
    …before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,
  9. Ecclesiastes 12:3וְחָשְׁכ֥וּ · see dimly
    …on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,
  10. Isaiah 5:30חָשַׁ֖ךְ · will be obscured
    In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
  11. Isaiah 13:10חָשַׁ֤ךְ · will be darkened
    For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
  12. Jeremiah 13:16יַחְשִׁ֔ךְ · He brings darkness
    Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
  13. Lamentations 4:8חָשַׁ֤ךְ · is blacker
    But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
  14. Lamentations 5:17חָשְׁכ֥וּ · grow dim
    Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
  15. Amos 5:8הֶחְשִׁ֑יךְ · and darkens
    He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—
  16. Amos 8:9וְהַחֲשַׁכְתִּ֥י · and I will darken
    And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
  17. Micah 3:6וְחָשְׁכָ֥ה · and darkness
    Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.