# חֹשֶׁךְ (choshekh)

Israeli respelling: cho-shekh. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2822. 77 Old Testament occurrences.

the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

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

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/choshekh-h2822

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 1:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 wate…
- [Genesis 1:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/1/4) — And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
- [Genesis 1:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Genesis 1:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Exodus 10:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Exodus 10:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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:
- [Exodus 14:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 t…
- [Deuteronomy 4:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Deuteronomy 5:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 unt…
- [Joshua 2:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [1 Samuel 2:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [2 Samuel 22:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/22/12) — And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
- [2 Samuel 22:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/22/29) — For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
- [Job 3:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/3/4) — Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
- [Job 3:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Job 5:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/5/14) — They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
- [Job 10:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/10/21) — Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
- [Job 12:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/12/22) — He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
- [Job 12:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/12/25) — They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
- [Job 15:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/15/22) — He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
- [Job 15:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/15/23) — He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
- [Job 15:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Job 17:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/17/12) — They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
- [Job 17:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/17/13) — If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
- [Job 18:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/18/18) — He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
- [Job 19:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/19/8) — He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
- [Job 20:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Job 22:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/22/11) — Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
- [Job 23:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/23/17) — Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
- [Job 24:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/24/16) — In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
- [Job 26:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/26/10) — He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
- [Job 28:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/28/3) — He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
- [Job 29:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/29/3) — When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
- [Job 34:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/34/22) — There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
- [Job 37:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/37/19) — Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
- [Job 38:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/38/19) — Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
- [Psalms 18:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/18/11) — He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
- [Psalms 18:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/18/28) — For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
- [Psalms 35:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/35/6) — Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
- [Psalms 88:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/88/12) — Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
- [Psalms 104:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/104/20) — Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
- [Psalms 105:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/105/28) — He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
- [Psalms 107:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/107/10) — Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
- [Psalms 107:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/107/14) — He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
- [Psalms 112:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/112/4) — Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
- [Psalms 139:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/139/11) — If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
- [Psalms 139:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/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.
- [Proverbs 2:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/2/13) — Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
- [Proverbs 20:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/20/20) — Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
- [Ecclesiastes 2:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/2/13) — Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
- [Ecclesiastes 2:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Ecclesiastes 5:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/5/17) — All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
- [Ecclesiastes 6:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/6/4) — For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
- [Ecclesiastes 11:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 i…
- [Isaiah 5:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Isaiah 5:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 th…
- [Isaiah 9:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 sh…
- [Isaiah 29:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Isaiah 42:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Isaiah 45:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Isaiah 45:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/45/7) — I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
- [Isaiah 45:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 righteou…
- [Isaiah 47:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Isaiah 49:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 past…
- [Isaiah 58:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Isaiah 59:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 i…
- [Isaiah 60:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Lamentations 3:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/3/2) — He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
- [Ezekiel 8:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Ezekiel 32:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Joel 2:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Joel 2:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Amos 5:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Amos 5:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/5/20) — Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
- [Micah 7:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Nahum 1:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/1/8) — But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
- [Zephaniah 1:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 cl…