What does חֲשֵׁכָה (ḥăšēkāh) mean in the Bible?
חֲשֵׁכָה (ḥăšēkāh): Darkness that obscures and conceals, extending figuratively to moral blindness, distress, and divine judgment or hiddenness.
Hebrew · H2825
חֲשֵׁכָה
Darkness ; figuratively, misery
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חֲשֵׁכָה H2825
Pronunciation ḥăšēkāh
What does חֲשֵׁכָה (ḥăšēkāh) mean in the Bible?
חֲשֵׁכָה (ḥăšēkāh): Darkness that obscures and conceals, extending figuratively to moral blindness, distress, and divine judgment or hiddenness.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H2825?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and darkness (2), for darkness (1), in darkness (1), in the darkness (1).
Where does חֲשֵׁכָה (ḥăšēkāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 15:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (2), Psalms (2), Genesis (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and darkness 2× Genesis 15:12, Isaiah 8:22
for darkness 1× Psalms 139:12
in darkness 1× Isaiah 50:10
in the darkness 1× Psalms 82:5
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 15:12 חֲשֵׁכָ֥ה to and darkness Noun - feminine singular Psalms 82:5 בַּחֲשֵׁכָ֥ה to in the darkness Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Psalms 139:12 כַּ֝חֲשֵׁיכָ֗ה to for darkness Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular Isaiah 8:22 וַחֲשֵׁכָה֙ to and darkness Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Isaiah 50:10 חֲשֵׁכִ֗ים to in darkness Noun - feminine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 15:12
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Genesis 1 Psalms 2 Isaiah 2
Source forms
בַּחֲשֵׁכָ֥ה 1x ba·ḥă·šê·ḵāh Psalms 82:5
וַחֲשֵׁכָה֙ 1x wa·ḥă·šê·ḵāh Isaiah 8:22
חֲשֵׁכָ֥ה 1x ḥă·šê·ḵāh Genesis 15:12
חֲשֵׁכִ֗ים 1x ḥă·šê·ḵîm Isaiah 50:10
כַּ֝חֲשֵׁיכָ֗ה 1x ka·ḥă·šê·ḵāh Psalms 139:12
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular 1x Isaiah 8:22
Noun - feminine plural 1x Isaiah 50:10
Noun - feminine singular 1x Genesis 15:12
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular 1x Psalms 82:5
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular 1x Psalms 139:12
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Darkness that obscures and conceals, extending figuratively to moral blindness, distress, and divine judgment or hiddenness.
Source Gloss
darkness ; figuratively, misery
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Darkness that obscures and conceals, extending figuratively to moral blindness, distress, and divine judgment or hiddenness.
darkness; figuratively, misery BDB: darkness Usage: darkness.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
חֲשֵׁכָה is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain