חֲשֵׁכָה

chashecha · darkness

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2825 · appears 5 times in the Bible

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What it means

chashecha (חֲשֵׁכָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “darkness”.

How to say it

cha·she·cha

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

Thick shadow in which nothing can be seen and which sometimes terrifies.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Where it appears

Genesis 15:12
As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram; and look, a terror, a great darkness, was falling on him.
Psalms 82:5
They do not know, and they do not understand; in darkness they walk about; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Psalms 139:12
even darkness is not dark to you, and the night shines like the day; as the darkness, so the light.
Isaiah 8:22
And he will look to the earth, and look, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, and into thick darkness he will be thrust.
Isaiah 50:10
Who among you fears YHWH, listens to the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness and has no brightness, let him trust in the name of YHWH, and lean on his Elohim.