Quick Definition
be dark
Strong's Definition
to be ashy, i.e. darkcolored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: be black(-ish), be (make) dark(-en), [idiom] heavily, (cause to) mourn.
TWOT Reference: 1989
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קָדַר (qa.dar) — be dark. 1) to mourn, be dark 1a) (Qal) to be dark 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to darken 1b2) to cause to mourn 1c) (Hithpael) to grow dark
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · קַדְרוּת · קְדֹרַנִּית · קֵדָר · קִדְרֹון
Color | verb qal, verb hit
to grow dark, to become dark = process by which an object becomes dark in color
Dark | verb qal | ≠ נֹגַהּ
to grow dark, to be darkened = process by which celestial bodyies stop producing or reflecting light
Dark | verb hif | ≈ כסה · נתן חֹשֶׁךְ | ≠ אור
to darken, to make dark = causative action by which deities cause celestial bodies to stop producing or reflecting light
Dress | Grieve | verb qal | ≈ אבל · אָבֵל · אמל · עוה · שׁבר · שׁחח · שַׁמָּה · שָׁפָל
to mourn exact meaning unsure: = action by which humans put on dark and/or dusty clothes; or: to wear a dark and gloomy expression on their face; ◄ caused by grief as a result of the death of a loved one, ill health, oppression, suffering, or compassion for someone else's suffering; ► in order to make it publicly known that one is mourning
JOB 5:11 · JOB 30:28 · PSA 35:14 · PSA 38:7 · PSA 42:10 · PSA 43:2 · JER 4:28 · JER 8:21 · JER 14:2
Dress | Grieve | verb hif | ≈ עֻלְפֶּה
to cause to mourn exact meaning unsure: = causative action by which deities cause humans to wear a dark and gloomy expression on their faces; ◄ caused by grief as a result of the death of a loved one, ill health, oppression, suffering, or compassion for someone else's suffering; ► in order to make it publicly known that one is mourning
1 JOB 30:28 RSV NIV [a] | NJPS NJB NRSV REB GNT CEV [d]
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קָדַר vb. be dark (dull-coloured, cf. Ar. Arabic be dirty) Qal be dark
Hiph. darken
cause to mourn
Hithp. and the heavens grew dark with clouds.
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