Choshekh חֹ֫שֶׁךְ

Choshekh (Hebrew חֹ֫שֶׁךְ, Strong's H2822) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “darkness”. It occurs 80 times in 77 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Choshekh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 1:2
  And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
• Genesis 1:4
  And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness.
• Genesis 1:5
  And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
• Genesis 1:18
  And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Exodus

• Exodus 10:21
  And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”
• Exodus 10:22
  And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.
• Exodus 14:20
  And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 4:11
  And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
• Deuteronomy 5:23
  And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,

Joshua

• Joshua 2:5
  And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.At dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 2:9
  He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 22:12
  And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.
• 2 Samuel 22:29
  For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness.For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness.

Job

• Job 3:4
  Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.
• Job 3:5
  Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
• Job 5:14
  They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
• Job 10:21
  Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom,
• Job 12:22
  He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
• Job 12:25
  They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
• Job 15:22
  He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
• Job 15:23
  He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
• Job 15:30
  He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
• Job 17:12
  They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
• Job 17:13
  If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
• Job 18:18
  He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
• Job 19:8
  He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
• Job 20:26
  All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
• Job 22:11
  Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
• Job 23:17
  Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
• Job 24:16
  In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
• Job 26:10
  He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
• Job 28:3
  He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
• Job 29:3
  When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
• Job 34:22
  There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
• Job 37:19
  Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.
• Job 38:19
  Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,

Psalms

• Psalm 18:11
  He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.
• Psalm 18:28
  For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
• Psalm 35:6
  Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
• Psalm 88:12
  Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
• Psalm 104:20
  Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
• Psalm 105:28
  He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words.
• Psalm 107:10
  Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
• Psalm 107:14
  He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains.
• Psalm 112:4
  Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.Light dawns in the darkness for the upright— for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
• Psalm 139:11
  If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
• Psalm 139:12
  Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 2:13
  Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
• Proverbs 20:20
  Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 2:13
  Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
• Ecclesiastes 2:14
  The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
• Ecclesiastes 5:17
  All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.
• Ecclesiastes 6:4
  For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.
• Ecclesiastes 11:8
  But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 5:20
  Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
• Isaiah 5:30
  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.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.
• Isaiah 9:2
  The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
• Isaiah 29:18
  And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
• Isaiah 42:7
  To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
• Isaiah 45:3
  And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
• Isaiah 45:7
  I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
• Isaiah 45:19
  I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.
• Isaiah 47:5
  Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.“Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of Chaldea. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.
• Isaiah 49:9
  That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.
• Isaiah 58:10
  And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
• Isaiah 59:9
  Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
• Isaiah 60:2
  For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 3:2
  He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 8:12
  Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth.“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
• Ezekiel 32:8
  All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.

Joel

• Joel 2:2
  A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.
• Joel 2:31
  The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

Amos

• Amos 5:18
  Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.
• Amos 5:20
  Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?

Micah

• Micah 7:8
  Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.

Nahum

• Nahum 1:8
  But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.

Zephaniah

• Zephaniah 1:15
  That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).