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Lexicon :: Strong's H6757 - ṣalmāveṯ

Aa
צַלְמָוֶת
Transliteration
ṣalmāveṯ
Pronunciation
tsal-maw'-veth
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1921b

Strong’s Definitions

צַלְמָוֶת tsalmâveth, tsal-maw'-veth; from H6738 and H4194; shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity):—shadow of death.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H6757 in the following manner: shadow of death (18x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H6757 in the following manner: shadow of death (18x).

  1. death-shadow, deep shadow, deep darkness, shadow of death

    1. death-shadow

    2. death-shadow, deep shadow, darkness

    3. death-shadow (of distress, extreme danger) (fig)

    4. death-shadow (of place of the dead) (fig)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צַלְמָוֶת tsalmâveth, tsal-maw'-veth; from H6738 and H4194; shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity):—shadow of death.
STRONGS H6757: Abbreviations
† צַלְמָ֫וֶת noun [masculine] death-shadow, deep shadow, in poetry (probably = צֵל + מָוֶת, Greek Version of the LXX. (usually) σκιὰ θανάτου, compare Syriac Version Vulgate, so Thes SchwLeben n. d. Tode, 194, see especially NöZAW xvii (1897), 183 ff.; Ew Br and most modern (after older commentaries) read צַלְמוּת darkness, deep darkness, compare Arabic bdb085307 IV, Assyrian [ṣalâmu], Ethiopic bdb085308 be black, dark); **compare bdb112702 darkness; WeKl. Proph. ed. 3, 81 would read feminine plural צְלָמוֺת, like bdb112703 Qor 2:16; 2:18; and frequently. — death-shadow, often || חשֶׁךְ, לַיְלָה etc., and opposed to בֹּקֶר, אוֺר.
1. = deep shadow, darkness (compare הַרְרֵי אֵל, אַרְזֵי אֵל): Amos 5:8; Job 3:5; Job 12:22; Job 24:17a Job 28:3; Job 34:22; of eyes heavy with weeping Job 16:16; בַּלְהוֺת צ׳ Job 24:17b terrors of the darkness.
2. figurative.
a. of distress Jeremiah 13:16; Psalm 107:10; Psalm 107:14; אֶרֶץ צ׳ Isaiah 9:1.
b. of extreme danger Jeremiah 2:6; Psalm 23:4; Psalm 44:20.
3. characterizing world of the dead, אֶרֶץ חשֶׁךְ וצ׳ Job 10:21, כְּמוֺ אֹפֶל צ׳ Job 10:22 (text dubious, see Bu Du); וְשַׁעֲרֵי צ׳ Job 38:17 (Greek Version of the LXX πυλωροὶ δὲ ᾅδου; || שַׁעֲרֵימָֿ֑וֶת).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

3:5; 10:21; 10:22; 12:22; 16:16; 24:17; 24:17; 28:3; 34:22; 38:17

Psalms

23:4; 44:20; 107:10; 107:14

Isaiah

9:1

Jeremiah

2:6; 13:16

Amos

5:8

H6757

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6757 matches the Hebrew צַלְמָוֶת (ṣalmāveṯ),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:5 -

“May darkness H2822 and black H6757 gloom H6757 claim H1350 it;

May a cloud H6053 settle H7931 on it;

May the blackness H3650 of the day H3117 terrify H1204 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:21 -

Before H2962 I go H1980—and I shall not return H7725—

To the land H776 of darkness H2822 and deep H6757 shadow H6757,

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The land H776 of utter H5890 gloom H5890 like H3644 darkness H652 itself,

Of deep H6757 shadow H6757 without H3808 order H5468,

And it shines H3313 like H3644 darkness H652.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22 -

“He reveals H1540 mysteries H6013 from the darkness H2822,

And brings H3318 the deep H6757 darkness H6757 into light H216.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:16 -

“My face H6440 is flushed H2560 from weeping H1065,

And deep H6757 darkness H6757 is on my eyelids H6079,

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“For the morning H1242 is the same H3162 to him as thick H6757 darkness H6757,

For he is H5234 familiar H5234 with the terrors H1091 of thick H6757 darkness H6757.

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“Man puts H7760 an end H7093 to darkness H2822,

And to the farthest H3605 limit H8503 he searches H2713 out H2713

The rock H68 in gloom H652 and deep H6757 shadow H6757.

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“There H369 is H369 no H369 darkness H2822 or deep H6757 shadow H6757

Where H8033 the workers H6466 of injustice H205 can hide H5641 themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:17 -

“Have the gates H8179 of death H4194 been revealed H1540 to you,

And have you seen H7200 the gates H8179 of deep H6757 darkness H6757?

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Even H1571 though H3588 I walk H1980 through the [fn]valley H1516 of the shadow H6757 of H6757 death H6757,

I fear H3372 no H3808 [fn]evil H7451, for You are with me;

Your rod H7626 and Your staff H4938, they comfort H5162 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:19

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Yet H3588 You have crushed H1794 us in a place H4725 of jackals H8565

And covered H3680 us with [fn]deep H6757 darkness H6757.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10

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There were those who lived H3427 in darkness H2822 and in [fn]the shadow H6757 of H6757 death H6757,

Prisoners H615 in misery H6040 and [fn]chains H1270,

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He brought H3318 them out H3318 of darkness H2822 and [fn]the shadow H6757 of H6757 death H6757

And broke H5423 their bands H4147 apart H5423.

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[fn]The people H5971 who walk H1980 in darkness H2822

Will see H7200 a great H1419 light H216;

Those who live H3427 in a dark H6757 land H776,

The light H216 will shine H5050 on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:6 -

“They did not say H559, ‘Where H346 is the LORD H3068

Who brought H5927 us up H5927 out of the land H776 of Egypt H4714,

Who led H1980 us through the wilderness H4057,

Through a land H776 of deserts H6160 and of pits H7745,

Through a land H776 of drought H6723 and of [fn]deep H6757 darkness H6757,

Through a land H776 that no H3808 one H376 crossed H5674

And where H8033 no H3808 person H120 lived H3427?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16

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Give H5414 glory H3519 to the LORD H3068 your God H430

Before H2962 He brings H2821 darkness H2821

And before H2962 your feet H7272 stumble H5062

On the mountains H2022 in the dark H5399,

And while you are hoping H6960 for light H216

He makes H7760 it into gloom H6757,

And turns H7896 it into thick H6205 darkness H6205.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:8

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He who made H6213 the Pleiades H3598 and Orion H3685,

And changes H2015 deep H6757 darkness H6757 into morning H1242,

[fn]Who also darkens H2821 day H3117 into night H3915,

Who calls H7121 for the waters H4325 of the sea H3220

And pours H8210 them out H8210 on the surface H6440 of the earth H776,

The LORD H3068 is His name H8034.

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