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חָשֹׁךְStrong’s H2823

chashokh (cha-shokh)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Chashokh is the Hebrew word usually translated “insignificant”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.”
Proverbs 22:29 KJV
Meaning
  1. Obscure, insignificant, low
How it's translated
  • insignificant 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Proverbs 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    חָשֹׁךְ chashokh · obscure

    obscure, insignificant, low

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “obscure” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    OBSCU'RE, adjective

    [Latin obscurus.]

    1. Dark; destitute of light.“Whoso curseth his father or mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness” Proverbs 20:20
    2. Living in darkness; as the obscure bird.
    3. Not easily understood; not obviously intelligible; abstruse; as an obscure passage in a writing.
    4. Not much known or observed; retired; remote from observation; as an obscure retreat.
    All definitions and other forms of “obscure”
    1. Not noted; unknown; unnoticed; humble; mean; as an obscure person; a person of obscure birth.
    2. Not easily legible; as an obscure inscription.
    3. Not clear, full or distinct; imperfect; as an obscure view of remote objects.

    OBSCU'RE, verb transitive

    [Latin obscuro.]

    1. To darken; to make dark.
    2. To cloud; to make partially dark.
    3. To hide from the view; as, clouds obscure the sun.
    4. To make less visible.
    5. To make less legible; as, time has obscured the writing.
    6. To make less intelligible.
    7. To make less glorious, beautiful or illustrious.
    8. To conceal; to make unknown.
    9. To tarnish; as, to obscure brightness.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.