Strong’s H2822

חֹשֶׁךְ

choshekh · 77 Old Testament occurrences

King James renderings: dark(-ness), night, obscurity.

Every Old Testament occurrence

• Genesis 1:2And 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 wate…
• Genesis 1:4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
• Genesis 1:5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
• Genesis 1:18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
• Exodus 10:21And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which…
• Exodus 10:22And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
• Exodus 14:20And 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 t…
• Deuteronomy 4:11And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick…
• Deuteronomy 5:23And 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 unt…
• Joshua 2:5And 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…
• 1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
• 2 Samuel 22:12And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
• 2 Samuel 22:29For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
• Job 3:4Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
• Job 3:5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
• Job 5:14They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
• Job 10:21Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
• Job 12:22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
• Job 12:25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
• Job 15:22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
• Job 15:23He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
• Job 15:30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
• Job 17:12They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
• Job 17:13If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
• Job 18:18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
• Job 19:8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
• Job 20:26All 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.
• Job 22:11Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
• Job 23:17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
• Job 24:16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
• Job 26:10He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
• Job 28:3He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
• Job 29:3When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
• Job 34:22There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
• Job 37:19Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
• Job 38:19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
• Psalms 18:11He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
• Psalms 18:28For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
• Psalms 35:6Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
• Psalms 88:12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
• Psalms 104:20Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
• Psalms 105:28He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
• Psalms 107:10Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
• Psalms 107:14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
• Psalms 112:4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
• Psalms 139:11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
• Psalms 139:12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
• Proverbs 2:13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
• Proverbs 20:20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
• Ecclesiastes 2:13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
• Ecclesiastes 2:14The 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.
• Ecclesiastes 5:17All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
• Ecclesiastes 6:4For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
• Ecclesiastes 11:8But 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 i…
• Isaiah 5:20Woe 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…
• Isaiah 5:30And 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 th…
• Isaiah 9:2The 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 sh…
• Isaiah 29:18And 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.
• Isaiah 42:7To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
• Isaiah 45:3And 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…
• Isaiah 45:7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
• Isaiah 45:19I 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 righteou…
• Isaiah 47:5Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
• Isaiah 49:9That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their past…
• Isaiah 58:10And 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…
• Isaiah 59:9Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk i…
• Isaiah 60:2For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be…
• Lamentations 3:2He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
• Ezekiel 8:12Then 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…
• Ezekiel 32:8All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
• Joel 2:2A 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…
• Joel 2:31The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
• Amos 5:18Woe 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.
• Amos 5:20Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
• Micah 7:8Rejoice 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.
• Nahum 1:8But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
• Zephaniah 1:15That 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 cl…