King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2825
Transliteration: chashekah
Phonetic Spelling: (khash-ay-kaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: darkness
Meaning: darkness, misery
Word Summary
chashekah: darkness
Original Word: חֲשֵׁכָהTransliteration: chashekah
Phonetic Spelling: (khash-ay-kaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: darkness
Meaning: darkness, misery
Strong's Concordance
darkness Or chashekah {khash-ay-kaw'}; from chashak; darkness; figuratively, misery -- darkness.
see HEBREW chashak
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2825. chashekah
חֲשֵׁכָה noun feminine darkness (chiefly in poetry) — ׳ח Genesis 15:12 2t., so read also probably Micah 3:6 (for חָֽשְׁכָה ᵑ0); חֲשֵׁיכָה Psalm 139:12; construct חֶשְׁכַּת 18:12; plural חֲשֵׁכִים Isaiah 50:10; — darkness, opposed to light (אוֺרָה) Psalm 139:12; supernatural, ׳ח גדולה Genesis 15:12 (JE); מַיִם חֶשְׁכַּתֿ Psalm 18:12 in theoph. (but "" 2 Samuel 22:12 חַשְׁרַתמֿים a mass of water); figurative = lack of understanding Psalm 82:5; = distress Isaiah 8:22 ("" צָרָה), 50:10.