Strong's Definition
or chashekah {khash-ay-kaw'}; from 2821; darkness; figuratively, misery
KJV Usage: darkness
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חֲשֵׁכָה (cha.she.khah) — darkness. darkness Also means: chesh.khah (חֶשְׁכָה "dark" H2824)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · חשׁך
Dark | ≈ אֲפֵלָה · חֹשֶׁךְ · לַיְלָה · מָעוּף · צָרָה | ≠ אֹורָה · יֹום · נֹגַהּ
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; ≈ associated with hardship, ignorance, and fear
GEN 15:12 · PSA 18:12 · PSA 82:5 · PSA 139:12 · ISA 8:22 · ISA 50:10
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חֲשֵׁכָה n.f. darkness (chiefly poet.) base