Strong's Definition
from 2821; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
KJV Usage: dark(-ness), night, obscurity
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חֹ֫שֶׁךְ (cho.shekh) — darkness. 1) darkness, obscurity 1a) darkness 1b) secret place
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · חשׁך
Dark | ≈ אֹפֶל · אֲפֵלָה · אֶרֶץ נְשִׁיָּה · בֵּית כֶּלֶא · חֳלִי · חֲשֵׁכָה · כעס · לַיְלָה · עָב · עָנָן · עֲרָפֶל · צַלְמָוֶת · צַר · קֶצֶף · שַׁחַק | ≠ אֹור · יֹום · יֹשֶׁר · נֹגַהּ · נְגֹהֹות
darkness = state in which there is no light, ◄ caused by the fact that the light of sun, moon, and stars cannot reach the location that is in focus, ► resulting in a state in which no one can readily see, and colors and shapes can no longer be distinguished; loved by the wicked only; ≈ associated with hardship, ignorance, death, and oblivion
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חֹ֫שֶׁךְ n.m. darkness, obscurity darkness (opp. אוֹר)
= secret place(s); = hiding-place
fig. = distress
= dread, terror, symbol. of judgment
= mourning
= perplexity; confusion
= ignorance
= evil, sin
= obscurity
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