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Lexicon :: Strong's H6754 - ṣelem

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צֶלֶם
Transliteration
ṣelem
Pronunciation
tseh'-lem
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to shade
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TWOT Reference: 1923a

Strong’s Definitions

צֶלֶם tselem, tseh'-lem; from an unused root meaning to shade; a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol:—image, vain shew.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H6754 in the following manner: image (16x), vain shew (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H6754 in the following manner: image (16x), vain shew (1x).

  1. image

    1. images (of tumours, mice, heathen gods)

    2. image, likeness (of resemblance)

    3. mere, empty, image, semblance (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צֶלֶם tselem, tseh'-lem; from an unused root meaning to shade; a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol:—image, vain shew.
STRONGS H6754: Abbreviations
† צֶ֫לֶם noun masculineEzekiel 16:17 image (something cut out, compare H6459 פֶּסֶל; Nö 'Schnitzbild'); — צ׳ absolute Psalm 39:7 [Psalm 39:6], construct Genesis 1:27 +; suffix צַלְמוֺ Genesis 1:27; Genesis 5:3, צַלְמֵנוּ Genesis 1:26, צַלְמָם Psalm 73:20; plural construct צַלְמֵי 1 Samuel 6:5 (twice in verse) +, suffix צְלָמָיו 2 Kings 11:18; 2 Chronicles 23:17, צַלְמֵיכֶם Amos 5:26; —
1. images of tumours and mice (of gold) 1 Samuel 6:5 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 6:11; especially of heathen gods Amos 5:26 (text dubious; strike out We as gloss, compare GASm Dr), 2 Kings 11:18 2 Chronicles 23:17 (both with verb שִׁבְּרוּ), Ezekiel 7:20, so זָכָר צ׳ Ezekiel 16:17 (i.e. in male form, according to figurative of harlotry for idolatry); צַלְמֵי מַסֵכֹתָם Numbers 33:52 their molten images; of painted pictures of men Ezekiel 23:14.
2. image, likeness, of resemblance, בְּצ׳ (בָּרָא) עָשָׂה, of God's making man in his own image, Genesis 1:26 (|| כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ), Genesis 1:27; Genesis 1:27; Genesis 9:6, כְּצ׳ Genesis 5:3 (|| בִּדְמוּתוֺ; all P).
3. figurative = mere, empty, image, semblance, בְּצ׳ Psalm 39:7 [Psalm 39:6] as (ב essentiae) a (mere) semblance man walks about; צַלְמָם תִּבְזֶה Psalm 73:20 thou wilt despise their semblance.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H6755.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:26; 1:26; 1:27; 1:27; 1:27; 1:27; 5:3; 5:3; 9:6

Numbers

33:52

1 Samuel

6:5; 6:5; 6:11

2 Kings

11:18; 11:18

2 Chronicles

23:17; 23:17

Psalms

39:6; 39:6; 73:20; 73:20

Ezekiel

7:20; 16:17; 16:17; 23:14

Amos

5:26; 5:26

H6754

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6754 matches the Hebrew צֶלֶם (ṣelem),
which occurs 17 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:26 - Then God said, “Let us make man[fn] in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:27 - So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:3 - When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:6 - “Whoever sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed,
for God made man in his own image.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:52

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:52 - then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you and destroy all their figured stones and destroy all their metal images and demolish all their high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:5 - So you must make images of your tumors and images of your mice that ravage the land, and give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you and your gods and your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:11 - And they put the ark of the LORD on the cart and the box with the golden mice and the images of their tumors.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:18 - Then all the people of the land went to the house of Baal and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest posted watchmen over the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:17 - Then all the people went to the house of Baal and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:6 - Surely a man goes about as a shadow!
Surely for nothing[fn] they are in turmoil;
man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:20 - Like a dream when one awakes,
O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:20 - His beautiful ornament they used for pride, and they made their abominable images and their detestable things of it. Therefore I make it an unclean thing to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:17 - You also took your beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself images of men, and with them played the whore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:14 - But she carried her whoring further. She saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion,

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:26 - You shall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god—your images that you made for yourselves,
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