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Strong's H2822 חֹשֶׁךְ (choshek)

Choshek means “night” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2822 — kletos (“called”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2822
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 77
Books 18

Strong's H2822 Quick Answer

Strong's H2822 חוֹשֶׁך is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. choshek (kho-shek') n-m. 1. the dark 2. hence (literally) darkness It has 77 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include darkness and dark. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
choshek (kho-shek') n-m. 1. the dark 2. hence (literally) darkness
Usage
77 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
darkness and dark

Meaning and Definition

choshek (kho-shek') n-m. 1. the dark 2. hence (literally) darkness 3. (figuratively) misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness [from H2821] KJV: dark(-ness), night, obscurity. Root(s): H2821

Original Word
חוֹשֶׁך

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2822. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H2822 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Strong's H2822, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

darkness Genesis 1:2 64× dark Joshua 2:5 12×

How Strong's H2822 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 77 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2822 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2822 in the Old Testament

77 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 1:2 KJV

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.

Genesis 1:4 KJV

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:5 KJV

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Usage Excerpts

First 77 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2822.

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

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2822, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 3 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 23 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 11 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 5 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 13 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament
Joel 2 usages, Old Testament
Amos 2 usages, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H2822 FAQ

What does choshek (חֹשֶׁךְ) mean?

Choshek (Strong's H2822) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "night". choshek (kho-shek') n-m. 1. the dark 2. hence (literally) darkness

How many times is choshek (חֹשֶׁךְ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 77 linked usages for Strong's H2822 across 18 books.

Where can I study choshek (חֹשֶׁךְ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2822 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate choshek (חֹשֶׁךְ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as darkness and dark. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.