Lexical 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. |