Strong's Hebrew: 4285. מַחְשָׁך (machshak) -- dark place

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machshak: dark place

Original Word: מַחְשָׁך
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: machshak
Phonetic Spelling: (makh-shawk')
Short Definition: places

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from chashak
Definition
dark place
NASB Translation
dark place (1), dark places (4), darkness (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מַחְשַׁךְ noun masculine dark place (poetry) — absolute ׳מ Isaiah 29:15; Isaiah 42:16; מַחְשָׁ֑ךְ Psalm 88:19; plural מַחֲשַׁכִּים Psalm 88:7; Psalm 143:3 = Lamentations 3:6 construct מַחֲשַׁכֵּי Psalm 74:20; — dark place:

a. = hiding-place אֿרץ׳מח Psalm 74:20.

b. dark region, in which men may lose their way Isaiah 42:16.

c. = grave, or שׁאול Psalm 88:19 (see Che); of dark place of God's wrath (like She' ô l) Psalm 88:7; compare Psalm 143:3 = Lamentations 3:6.

d. = secret place, secrecy (of plots) Isaiah 29:15.

Strong's

darkness, place

From chashak; darkness; concretely, a dark place -- dark(-ness, place).

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