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It conveys the absence of light, both literally and figuratively, and is used to depict situations of uncertainty, ignorance, or evil.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Hebrew culture, darkness was often associated with chaos, danger, and the unknown. It was contrasted with light, which symbolized order, safety, and divine presence. The concept of darkness held significant theological implications, representing the absence of God's presence or the presence of evil forces. In the biblical narrative, darkness is frequently used to describe periods of judgment or spiritual blindness.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>the same as <a href="/hebrew/2825.htm">chashekah</a>, q.v.<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>dark <p>From <a href="/hebrew/2821.htm">chashak</a>; darkness -- dark. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/2821.htm">chashak</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>חֶשְׁכַת־ חשכת־ cheshchat ḥeš·ḵaṯ- ḥešḵaṯ-<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/psalms/18-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 18:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/18.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">סְבִֽיבוֹתָ֥יו סֻכָּת֑וֹ <b> חֶשְׁכַת־ </b> מַ֝֗יִם עָבֵ֥י</span><br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/18.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> round about <span class="itali">him [were] dark</span> waters<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/18-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> around his canopy <span class="itali">him dark</span> of waters thick<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2824.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2824.htm">Strong's Hebrew 2824<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/cheshchat_2824.htm">ḥeš·ḵaṯ- — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/hebrew/2823.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2823"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2823" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hebrew/2825.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2825"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2825" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>