Bible Lexicons

חשֶׁךְ m.

(1)  darkness, Genesis 1:2, seq.; Exodus 10:21, 22 Exodus 10:22, etc.; hence spoken of a dark place, as of Hades, Psalms 88:13 compare Job 10:21 of an underground prison, Isaiah 42:7, 47:5 49:9. אוֹצְרוֹת חשֶׁךְ treasures of darkness; i.e. hid in darkness, in underground cells, Isaiah 45:3.

(2) metaph.

(a) misery, adversity. Isaiah 9:1; Job 15:22, לֹא יַאֲמִין שׁוּב מִנִּי חשֶׁךְ “he does not hope to return out of darkness (or destruction);” 23 Job 15:23, 30 Job 15:30, 20:26 23:17 Micah 7:8; Amos 5:18, 20 Psalms 18:29. Also used of death, Ecclesiastes 11:8 compare אוֹר used of life, verse Ecclesiastes 11:7.

(b) ignorance, Job 37:19 (comp. 12:15, and there verse 24 Job 37:24).

(c) sadness, Ecclesiastes 5:16.-[“(d) wickedness, Proverbs 2:13 comp. τὸ σκότος, John 3:19 also Romans 13:12.”]

בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ בַּחֹ֔שֶׁךְ בַּחֹ֖שֶׁךְ בַּחֹ֗שֶׁךְ בַּחֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙ בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ בַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ בחשך הַחֹ֑שֶׁךְ הַחֹ֔שֶׁךְ הַחֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙ הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ החשך החשך׃ וְ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ וְהַחֹ֔שֶׁךְ וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְ וְלַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ וּבַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ וּבַחֹ֣שֶׁךְ וּמֵחֹ֔שֶׁךְ ובחשך והחשך וחשך ולחשך ומחשך חָשְׁכִּֽי׃ חֹ֑שֶׁךְ חֹ֔שֶׁךְ חֹ֖שֶׁךְ חֹ֗שֶׁךְ חֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙ חֹ֛שֶׁךְ חֹ֣שֶׁךְ חֹ֤שֶׁךְ חֹ֥שֶׁךְ חֹ֨שֶׁךְ ׀ חֹ֭שֶׁךְ חֹֽשֶׁךְ־ חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ חֹשֶׁךְ֮ חשך חשך־ חשך׃ חשכי׃ לְחֹ֔שֶׁךְ לַחֹ֗שֶׁךְ לחשך מֵחֹ֣שֶׁךְ מחשך ba·ḥō·šeḵ ḇa·ḥō·šeḵ baChoshech baḥōšeḵ ḇaḥōšeḵ chasheKi Choshech ha·ḥō·šeḵ ḥā·šə·kî haChoshech haḥōšeḵ ḥāšəkî ḥō·šeḵ ḥō·šeḵ- ḥōšeḵ ḥōšeḵ- la·ḥō·šeḵ laChoshech laḥōšeḵ lə·ḥō·šeḵ leChoshech ləḥōšeḵ mê·ḥō·šeḵ meChoshech mêḥōšeḵ ū·ḇa·ḥō·šeḵ ū·mê·ḥō·šeḵ ūḇaḥōšeḵ umeChoshech ūmêḥōšeḵ uvaChoshech vaChoshech veChoshech vehaChoshech velaChoshech wə·ha·ḥō·šeḵ wə·ḥō·šeḵ wə·la·ḥō·šeḵ wəhaḥōšeḵ wəḥōšeḵ wəlaḥōšeḵ