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Lexicon :: Strong's H6738 - ṣēl

Aa
צֵל
Transliteration
ṣēl
Pronunciation
tsale
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1921a

Strong’s Definitions

צֵל tsêl, tsale; from H6751; shade, whether literal or figurative:—defence, shade(-ow).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x

The KJV translates Strong's H6738 in the following manner: shadow (45x), defence (3x), shade (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x
The KJV translates Strong's H6738 in the following manner: shadow (45x), defence (3x), shade (1x).

  1. shadow, shade

    1. shadow (on dial)

    2. shadow, shade (as protection)

    3. shadow (symbolic of transitoriness of life)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צֵל tsêl, tsale; from H6751; shade, whether literal or figurative:—defence, shade(-ow).
STRONGS H6738: Abbreviations
† צֵל noun masculinePsalm 144:4 shadow; — צ׳ absolute 2 Kings 20:9 +, construct Genesis 19:8 +; suffix צִלְךָ Psalm 121:5, צִלּוֺ Ezekiel 31:6 +, also צִלְלוֺ [H6752 Job 40:22], etc.; plural צְלָלִים [H6752 Songs 2:17; Songs 4:6]; construct צִלְלֵי [H6752 Jeremiah 6:4]; —
1. shadow on dial 2 Kings 20:9, 2 Kings 20:10 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 20:11 || Isaiah 38:8; צִלְלֶיעָֿ֑רֶב [H6752 Jeremiah 6:4], compare [H6752 Songs 2:17; Songs 4:6]; of mountain Judges 9:36.
2. shadow, shade, as protection (from sun): of branches, Judges 9:15 (in allegory), Hosea 4:13; [H6752 Job 40:22]; Jonah 4:5, Jonah 4:6 and (in figurative) Hosea 14:8 [Hosea 14:7]; Ezekiel 17:23; Ezekiel 31:6, Ezekiel 31:12, Ezekiel 31:17; Psalm 80:11 [Psalm 80:10]; Songs 2:3 (of refreshment, delight); of rock Isaiah 32:2 (simile); קֹרָתִי צ׳ Genesis 19:8 shadow of my roof; of cloud Isaiah 25:4 and (figurative of י׳'s protection) Isaiah 4:6; Isaiah 25:4, so probably Isaiah 16:3; כְּנָפֶיךָ צ׳ shadow of thy wings, figurative of י׳'s protection Psalm 17:8; Psalm 36:8 [Psalm 36:7]; Psalm 57:2 [Psalm 57:1]; Psalm 63:8 [Psalm 63:7]; shade, in general, Job 7:2, figurative of י׳ Psalm 121:5; hence = protection, defence, of city (wall) Jeremiah 48:45; of י׳ Numbers 14:9 (JE), Psalm 91:1 (see also proper name בְּצַלְאֵל), compare צֵל יָדוֺ Isaiah 49:2 (covering prophet, under figure of sword), Isaiah 51:16 (covering people); of human ally Isaiah 30:2, Isaiah 30:3, of king Lamentations 4:20; also of wisdom Ecclesiastes 7:12, money Ecclesiastes 7:12. — בְּצִלָּהּ Isaiah 34:15 apparently reference to קִפּוֹז, but improbable; read perhaps בֵּצֶיהָ her eggs Du CheHpt (CheHeb Hpt transpose וּבָֽקְעָה וְדָֽגְרָה).
3. shadow as symbol of transitoriness of life Job 8:9; Job 14:2; Psalm 144:4 (כְּצֵל עוֺבֵר), Ecclesiastes 6:12; Ecclesiastes 8:13; כְּצֵל נָטוּי of an individual life near its end Psalm 102:12 [Psalm 102:11], so כְּצֵל כִּנְטוֺתוֺ Psalm 109:23; in simile of emaciated members, וִיצֻרַי כַּצֵּל Job 17:7.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:8; 19:8

Numbers

14:9

Judges

9:15; 9:36

2 Kings

20:9; 20:9; 20:10; 20:11

Job

7:2; 8:9; 14:2; 17:7

Psalms

17:8; 36:7; 57:1; 63:7; 80:10; 91:1; 102:11; 109:23; 121:5; 121:5; 144:4; 144:4

Ecclesiastes

6:12; 7:12; 7:12; 8:13

Song of Songs

2:3

Isaiah

4:6; 16:3; 25:4; 25:4; 30:2; 30:3; 32:2; 34:15; 38:8; 49:2; 51:16

Jeremiah

48:45

Lamentations

4:20

Ezekiel

17:23; 31:6; 31:6; 31:12; 31:17

Hosea

4:13; 14:7

Jonah

4:5; 4:6

H6738

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Strong's Number H6738 matches the Hebrew צֵל (ṣēl),
which occurs 49 times in 47 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8 - See now, I have two unmarried daughters; I will send them out to you so that you may do to them whatever seems good to you: only do nothing to these men, for this is why they have come under the shade of my roof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:9 - Only, do not go against the Lord or go in fear of the people of the land, for they will be our food; their strength has been taken from them and the Lord is with us: have no fear of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:15 - And the thorn said to the trees, If it is truly your desire to make me your king, then come and put your faith in my shade; and if not, may fire come out of the thorn, burning up the cedars of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:36 - And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, See! people are coming down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said to him, You see the shade of the mountains like men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:9 - And Isaiah said, This is the sign the Lord will give you, that he will do what he has said; will the shade go forward ten degrees or back?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:10 - And Hezekiah said in answer, It is a simple thing for the shade to go forward; but let it go back ten degrees.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:11 - Then Isaiah the prophet made prayer to the Lord, and he made the shade go back ten degrees from its position on the steps of Ahaz.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:15 - For we, as all our fathers were, are like men from a strange country before you, who have got a place for a time in the land; our days on the earth are like a shade, and there is no hope of going on.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2 - As a servant desiring the shades of evening, and a workman looking for his payment:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:9 - (For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:2 - He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:7 - My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:8 - Keep me as the light of your eyes, covering me with the shade of your wings,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:7 - How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of men take cover under the shade of your wings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - <To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When he went in flight from Saul, in the hole of the rock.> Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:7 - Because you have been my help, I will have joy in the shade of your wings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:10 - The mountains were covered with its shade, and the great trees with its branches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1 - Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:11 - My days are like a shade which is stretched out; I am dry like the grass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:23 - I am gone like the shade when it is stretched out: I am forced out of my place like a locust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:5 - The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 - Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:12 - Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:13 - But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:3 - As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my loved one among the sons. I took my rest under his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:6 - And a shade in the daytime from the heat, and a safe cover from storm and from rain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3 - Give wise directions, make a decision; let your shade be as night in full day: keep safe those who are in flight; do not give up the wandering ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4 - For you have been a strong place for the poor and the crushed in their trouble, a safe place from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the wrath of the cruel ones is like a winter storm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 - As heat by the shade of a cloud, the noise of the men of pride has been made quiet by you; as heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the cruel ones has been stopped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:2 - Who make a move to go down into Egypt, without authority from me; who are looking to the strength of Pharaoh for help, and whose hope is in the shade of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:3 - And the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and your hope in the shade of Egypt will come to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 - And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:15 - The arrowsnake will make her hole and put her eggs there, and get her young together under her shade: there the hawks will come together by twos.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:8 - See, I will make the shade which has gone down on the steps of Ahaz with the sun, go back ten steps. So the shade went back the ten steps by which it had gone down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:2 - And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shade of his hand he has kept me; and he has made me like a polished arrow, keeping me in his secret place;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:16 - And I have put my words in your mouth, covering you with the shade of my hand, stretching out the heavens, and placing the earth on its base, and saying to Zion, You are my people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:45 - Those who went in flight from the fear are waiting under the shade of Heshbon: for a fire has gone out from Heshbon and a flame from the house of Sihon, burning up the pride of Moab and the crown of the head of the violent ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:20 - Our breath of life, he on whom the holy oil was put, was taken in their holes; of whom we said, Under his shade we will be living among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:23 - It will be planted on the high mountain of Israel: it will put out branches and have fruit and be a fair cedar: under it all birds of every sort will make their living-place, resting in the shade of its branches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:6 - In its branches all the birds of heaven came to rest, and under its arms all the beasts of the field gave birth to their young, and great nations were living in its shade.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:12 - And men from strange lands, who are to be feared among the nations, after cutting him off, have let him be: on the mountains and in all the valleys his branches have come down; his arms are broken by all the waterways of the land; all the peoples of the earth have gone from his shade, and have let him be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:17 - And they will go down with him to the underworld, to those who have been put to the sword; even those who were his helpers, living under his shade among the nations

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:13 - They make offerings on the tops of mountains, burning perfumes in high places, under trees of every sort, because their shade is good: and so your daughters are given up to loose ways and your brides are false to their husbands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:7 - They will come back and have rest in his shade; their life will be made new like the grain, and they will put out flowers like the vine; his name will be like the wine of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:5 - Then Jonah went out of the town, and took his seat on the east side of the town and made himself a roof of branches and took his seat under its shade till he saw what would become of the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:6 - And the Lord God made a vine come up over Jonah to give him shade over his head. And Jonah was very glad because of the vine.
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