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It often conveys a sense of foreboding or the unknown, contrasting with light, which symbolizes knowledge, goodness, and divine presence.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, darkness was often associated with chaos and disorder, in contrast to light, which was linked to order and creation. In the Hebrew Bible, darkness is frequently used to describe the state of the world before God's creative act (Genesis 1:2) and is often associated with God's judgment or the absence of His presence. The concept of darkness also plays a significant role in the spiritual and moral teachings of the Bible, symbolizing the condition of those who live apart from God's truth.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/2821.htm">chashak</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>darkness<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>darkness (7).<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">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">חֲשֵׁכָה</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun feminine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>darkness</b></font> (chiefly in poetry) — <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ח</font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/15-12.htm">Genesis 15:12</a> 2t., so read also probably <a href="/interlinear/micah/3-6.htm">Micah 3:6</a> (for <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ0</font> <font class="hebrew2">חָֽשְׁכָה</font>); <font class="hebrew2">חֲשֵׁיכָה</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/139-12.htm">Psalm 139:12</a>; construct <font class="hebrew2">חֶשְׁכַּת</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/18-12.htm">Psalm 18:12</a>; plural <font class="hebrew2">חֲשֵׁכִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/50-10.htm">Isaiah 50:10</a>; — <em>darkness</em>, opposed to light (<font class="hebrew2">אוֺרָה</font>) <a href="/interlinear/psalms/139-12.htm">Psalm 139:12</a>; supernatural, <font class="hebrew2">גדולה</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ח</font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/15-12.htm">Genesis 15:12</a> (JE); <font class="hebrew2">חֶשְׁכַּתֿ</font> <font class="hebrew2">מַיִם</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/18-12.htm">Psalm 18:12</a> in theoph. (but "" <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/22-12.htm">2 Samuel 22:12</a> <font class="hebrew2">חַשְׁרַתמֿים</font> <em>a mass of water</em>); figurative = lack of understanding <a href="/interlinear/psalms/82-5.htm">Psalm 82:5</a>; = distress <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/8-22.htm">Isaiah 8:22</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">צָרָה</font>), <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/50-10.htm">Isaiah 50:10</a>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>darkness <p>Or chashekah {khash-ay-kaw'}; from <a href="/hebrew/2821.htm">chashak</a>; darkness; figuratively, misery -- darkness. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/2821.htm">chashak</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>בַּחֲשֵׁכָ֥ה בחשכה וַחֲשֵׁכָה֙ וחשכה חֲשֵׁכִ֗ים חֲשֵׁכָ֥ה חשכה חשכים כַּ֝חֲשֵׁיכָ֗ה כחשיכה ba·ḥă·šê·ḵāh bachasheChah baḥăšêḵāh chasheChah chasheChim ḥă·šê·ḵāh ḥă·šê·ḵîm ḥăšêḵāh ḥăšêḵîm ka·ḥă·šê·ḵāh kachasheiChah kaḥăšêḵāh vachasheChah wa·ḥă·šê·ḵāh waḥăšêḵāh<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/genesis/15-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 15:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/15.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְהִנֵּ֥ה אֵימָ֛ה <b> חֲשֵׁכָ֥ה </b> גְדֹלָ֖ה נֹפֶ֥לֶת</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [and] great <span class="itali">darkness</span> fell<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of great <span class="itali">darkness</span> fell<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/15-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and behold terror <span class="itali">darkness</span> great fell<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/82-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 82:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/82.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְלֹ֥א יָבִ֗ינוּ <b> בַּחֲשֵׁכָ֥ה </b> יִתְהַלָּ֑כוּ יִ֝מּ֗וֹטוּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/82.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> They walk <span class="itali">about in darkness;</span> All<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/82.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> they walk <span class="itali">on in darkness:</span> all the foundations<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/82-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> nor understand <span class="itali">darkness</span> walk are shaken<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/139-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 139:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/139.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כַּיּ֣וֹם יָאִ֑יר <b> כַּ֝חֲשֵׁיכָ֗ה </b> כָּאוֹרָֽה׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/139.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> as the day. <span class="itali">Darkness</span> and light<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/139.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> as the day: <span class="itali">the darkness</span> and the light<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/139-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> as the day bright <span class="itali">Darkness</span> and light<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/8-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 8:22</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְהִנֵּ֨ה צָרָ֤ה <b> וַחֲשֵׁכָה֙ </b> מְע֣וּף צוּקָ֔ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> distress <span class="itali">and darkness,</span> the gloom<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and behold trouble <span class="itali">and darkness,</span> dimness<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/8-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and behold distress <span class="itali">and darkness</span> the gloom of anguish<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/50-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 50:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/50.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ הָלַ֣ךְ <b> חֲשֵׁכִ֗ים </b> וְאֵ֥ין נֹ֙גַהּ֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/50.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> That walks <span class="itali">in darkness</span> and has no<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/50.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that walketh <span class="itali">[in] darkness,</span> and hath no light?<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/50-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> that walks <span class="itali">darkness</span> and 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