- Original: חשׁך - Transliteration: Choshek - Phonetic: kho-shek' - Definition: 1. darkness, obscurity a. darkness b. secret place - Origin: from H2821 - TWOT entry: 769a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From H2821 ; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively misery destruction death ignorance sorrow wickedness: - dark (-ness) night obscurity. Total KJV Occurrences: 78 • dark, 7 Joshua 2:5; Job 12:25; Job 24:16; Psalm 35:6; Psalm 88:12; Isaiah 45:19; Ezekiel 8:12 • darkness, 68 Genesis 1:2; Genesis 1:4; Genesis 1:5; Genesis 1:18; Exodus 10:21(2); Exodus 10:22; Exodus 14:20; Deuteronomy 5:23; 1 Samuel 2:9; 2 Samuel 22:12; 2 Samuel 22:29; Job 3:4; Job 3:5; Job 5:14; Job 10:21; Job 12:22; Job 15:22; Job 15:23; Job 15:30; Job 17:12; Job 17:13; Job 18:18; Job 19:8; Job 20:26; Job 22:11; Job 23:17; Job 28:3; Job 29:3; Job 34:22; Job 37:19; Job 38:19; Psalm 18:28; Psalm 104:20; Psalm 105:28; Psalm 107:10; Psalm 107:14; Psalm 112:4; Psalm 139:11; Psalm 139:12; Proverbs 2:13; Proverbs 20:20; Ecclesiastes 2:13; Ecclesiastes 2:14; Ecclesiastes 5:17; Ecclesiastes 6:4(2); Ecclesiastes 11:8; Isaiah 5:20(2); Isaiah 5:30; Isaiah 9:2; Isaiah 29:18; Isaiah 42:7; Isaiah 45:3; Isaiah 45:7; Isaiah 47:5; Isaiah 49:9; Isaiah 60:2; Lamentations 3:2; Ezekiel 32:8; Joel 2:2; Joel 2:31; Amos 5:18; Amos 5:20; Micah 7:8; Nahum 1:8; Zephaniah 1:15 • night, 1 Job 26:10 • obscurity, 2 Isaiah 58:10; Isaiah 59:9