Lexicon chashak: to be or grow dark Original Word: חָשַׁךPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: chashak Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-shak') Short Definition: darkened NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto be or grow dark NASB Translationblacker (1), brings darkness (1), dark (3), darkened (5), darkens (2), dim (1), grow dim (2), made it dark (1), make the dark (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs חָשַׁךְ verb be, grow dark (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חֲשַׁךְ,  ; Arabic  bear rancour, see Lag BN 30) — Qal Perfect ׳ח Isaiah 5:30 4t.; וְחָֽשְׁכָה consecutive Micah 3:6 (but see below); חָֽשְׁכוּ Lamentations 5:17; וְחָֽשְׁכוּ consecutive Ecclesiastes 12:3; Imperfect3feminine singular תֶּחְשַׁךְ Ecclesiastes 12:2; וַתֶּחְשַׁךְ Exodus 10:15; 3masculine plural יֶחְשְׁכוּ Job 3:9; 3feminine plural תֶּחְשַׁכְנָה Psalm 69:24; — 1 be, grow dark, אוֺר Isaiah 5:30, compare (figurative) Job 18:6; הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ Isaiah 13:10 (figurative); היום Ezekiel 30:18 (where read חשׁך, for ᵑ0 Baer חשׂך); Job 3:9 (subject כוכבים), compare Ecclesiastes 12:2 (subject השׁמשׁ, האור, הירח, הכוכבים); impersonal Micah 3:6; (si vera 1.; but read probably וַחֲשֵׁכָה, corresponding with לַיְלָה preceding). 2 have a dark colour: מִשְּׁחוֺר ׳ח תָּֽאֳרָם Lamentations 4:8 darker than blackness is their visage; of the earth הָאֶרֶץ Exodus 10:15. 3 grow dim Lamentations 5:17 (subject עינינו), compare Psalm 69:24 (figurative), Ecclesiastes 12:3 subject הָראֹוֺת i.e. the eyes. Hiph`il Perfect הֶחְשִׁיךְ Amos 5:8, וְהַחֲשַׁכְתִּ֫י Amos 8:9; Imperfect יַחֲשִׁיךְ Psalm 139:12; יַחְשִׁךְ Jeremiah 13:16;וַיַּחְשִׁךְ Psalm 105:28; Participle מַחְשִׁיךְ Job 38:2; — 1 make dark, ׳יום לילה הח Amos 5:8; absolute cause darkness Jeremiah 13:16; Psalm 105:28, compare Amos 8:9 (לארץ). 2 = hide, conceal, followed by מִמֶּךָּ Psalm 139:12. 3 figurative obscure, confuse Job 38:2 (object עֵצָה).
Strong's be black, be make dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide A primitive root; to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken -- be black, be (make) dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide. |
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