STRONGS NUMBER H4285


Word Summary
machshak: dark place
Original Word: מַחְשָׁךְ
Transliteration: machshak
Phonetic Spelling: (makh-shawk')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: dark place
Meaning: darkness, a dark place
Strong's Concordance
darkness, place

From chashak; darkness; concretely, a dark place -- dark(-ness, place).

see HEBREW chashak

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4285. machshak

מַחְשַׁךְnoun masculine dark place (poetry) — absolute ׳מIsaiah 29:15; 42:16; מַחְשָׁ֑ךְ‎ Psalm 88:19; plural מַחֲשַׁכִּיםPsalm 88:7; 143:3 = Lamentations 3:6 construct מַחֲשַׁכֵּיPsalm 74:20; — dark place:

a. = hiding-place אֿרץ׳מחPsalm 74:20.

b. dark region, in which men may lose their way Isaiah 42:16.

c. = grave, or שׁאול‎ Psalm 88:19 (see Che); of dark place of God's wrath (like She' ô l) Psalm 88:7; compare 143:3 = Lamentations 3:6.

d. = secret place, secrecy (of plots) Isaiah 29:15.