מַחְשָׁךְ
mach.shakhdarknessHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine7 occurrences3 books7 verses
Definition
from H2821; darkness; concretely, a dark place
Traditional renderings: dark(-ness, place).
Traditional renderings: dark(-ness, place).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מַחְשָׁךְ:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Psalm 74:20מַחֲשַׁכֵּי־ · the dark placesConsider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
- Psalm 88:6בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים · in the darkestYou have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths.
- Psalm 88:18מַחְשָֽׁךְ׃ · darknessYou have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
- Psalm 143:3בְ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים · in darknessFor the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
- Isaiah 29:15בְמַחְשָׁךְ֙ · In darknessWoe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
- Isaiah 42:16מַחְשָׁ֨ךְ · darknessI will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
- Lamentations 3:6בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥ים · in darknessHe has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.