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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 BoxNum 14:9 - Only H389 rebel H4775 not H408 ye H859 against the LORD, H3068 neither H408 fear ye H3372 the people H5971 of the land; H776 for H3588 they H1992 are bread for us: H3899 their defence H6738 is departed H5493 from them, H5921 and the LORD H3068 is with us: H854 fear them H3372 not. H408

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:15 - And H559➔ the bramble H329 said ➔H559 unto H413 the trees, H6086 If H518 in truth H571 ye H859 anoint H4886 me H853 king H4428 over you, H5921 then come H935 and put your trust H2620 in my shadow: H6738 and if H518 not, H369 let H3318➔ fire H784 come out ➔H3318 of H4480 the bramble, H329 and devour H398 the H3844➔ cedars H730 of Lebanon. ➔H3844

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:36 - And when H7200➔ Gaal H1603 saw ➔H7200 the people, H5971 he said H559 to H413 Zebul, H2083 Behold, H2009 there come H3381➔ people H5971 down ➔H3381 from the top H7218 of the mountains. H2022 And H559➔ Zebul H2083 said ➔H559 unto him, H413 Thou H859 seest H7200 the shadow H6738 of the mountains H2022 as if they were men. H376

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:9 - And H559➔ Isaiah H3470 said, ➔H559 This H2088 sign H226 shalt thou have of H854 the LORD, H3068 that H3588 the LORD H3068 will do H6213 the thing H1697 that H834 he hath spoken: H1696 shall H1980➔ the shadow H6738 go forward ➔H1980 ten H6235 degrees, H4609 or H518 go back H7725 ten H6235 degrees? H4609

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:10 - And H559➔ Hezekiah H2396 answered, ➔H559 It is a light thing H7043 for the shadow H6738 to go down H5186 ten H6235 degrees: H4609 nay, H3808 but H3588 let H7725➔ the shadow H6738 return ➔H7725 backward H322 ten H6235 degrees. H4609

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:11 - And H7121➔ Isaiah H3470 the prophet H5030 cried ➔H7121 unto H413 the LORD: H3068 and he brought H7725 the shadow H6738 ten H6235 degrees H4609 backward, H322 by which H834 it had gone down H3381 in the dial H4609 of Ahaz. H271

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:15 - For H3588 we H587 are strangers H1616 before thee, H6440 and sojourners, H8453 as H3605➔ were all ➔H3605 our fathers: H1 our days H3117 on H5921 the earth H776 are as a shadow, H6738 and H369➔ there is none ➔H369 abiding. H4723

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2 - As a servant H5650 earnestly desireth H7602 the shadow, H6738 and as an hireling H7916 looketh for H6960 the reward of his work: H6467

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:9 - (For H3588 we H587 are but of yesterday, H8543 and H3808➔ know H3045 nothing, ➔H3808 because H3588 our days H3117 upon H5921 earth H776 are a shadow:) H6738

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:2 - He cometh forth H3318 like a flower, H6731 and is cut down: H5243 he fleeth also H1272 as a shadow, H6738 and H3808➔ continueth H5975 not. ➔H3808

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:7 - Mine eye H5869 also is dim H3543 by reason of sorrow, H3708 and H3338➔ all H3605 my members ➔H3338 are as a shadow. H6738

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:8 - Keep me H8104 as the apple H380 of the eye, H1323 H5869 hide me H5641 under the shadow H6738 of thy wings, H3671

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:7 - How H4100 excellent H3368 is thy lovingkindness, H2617 O God! H430 therefore the children H1121 of men H120 put their trust H2620 under the shadow H6738 of thy wings. H3671

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - [[To the chief Musician, H5329 Altaschith, H516 H516 Michtam H4387 of David, H1732 when he fled H1272 from H6440 Saul H7586 in the cave.]] H4631 Be merciful unto me, H2603 O God, H430 be merciful unto me: H2603 for H3588 my soul H5315 trusteth H2620 in thee: yea, in the shadow H6738 of thy wings H3671 will I make my refuge, H2620 until H5704 these calamities H1942 be overpast. H5674

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:7 - Because H3588 thou hast been H1961 my help, H5833 therefore in the shadow H6738 of thy wings H3671 will I rejoice. H7442

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:10 - The hills H2022 were covered with H3680 the shadow of it, H6738 and the boughs thereof H6057 were like the goodly H410 cedars. H730

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1 - He that dwelleth H3427 in the secret place H5643 of the most High H5945 shall abide H3885 under the shadow H6738 of the Almighty. H7706

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:11 - My days H3117 are like a shadow H6738 that declineth; H5186 and I H589 am withered H3001 like grass. H6212

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:23 - I am gone H1980 like the shadow H6738 when it declineth: H5186 I am tossed up and down H5287 as the locust. H697

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:5 - The LORD H3068 is thy keeper: H8104 the LORD H3068 is thy shade H6738 upon H5921 thy right H3225 hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 - Man H120 is like H1819 to vanity: H1892 his days H3117 are as a shadow H6738 that passeth away. H5674

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - For H3588 who H4310 knoweth H3045 what H4100 is good H2896 for man H120 in H2416➔ this life, ➔H2416 all H4557 the days H3117 of H2416➔ his vain H1892 life ➔H2416 which he spendeth H6213 as a shadow? H6738 for H834 who H4310 can tell H5046 a man H120 what H4100 shall be H1961 after him H310 under H8478 the sun? H8121

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:12 - For H3588 wisdom H2451 is a defence, H6738 and money H3701 is a defence: H6738 but the excellency H3504 of knowledge H1847 is, that wisdom H2451 giveth life H2421 to them that have it. H1167

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:13 - But H2896➔ it shall H1961➔ not H3808 be ➔H1961 well ➔H2896 with the wicked, H7563 neither H3808 shall he prolong H748 his days, H3117 which are as a shadow; H6738 because H834 he H369➔ feareth H3373 not ➔H369 before H6440 God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:3 - As the apple tree H8598 among the trees H6086 of the wood, H3293 so H3651 is my beloved H1730 among H996 the sons. H1121 I sat down H3427 under his shadow H6738 with great delight, H2530 and his fruit H6529 was sweet H4966 to my taste. H2441

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:6 - And H5521➔ there shall be H1961 a tabernacle ➔H5521 for a shadow H6738 in the daytime H3119 from the heat, H2721 and for a place of refuge, H4268 and for a covert H4563 from storm H2230 and from rain. H4306

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3 - Take H935 counsel, H6098 execute H6213 judgment; H6415 make H7896 thy shadow H6738 as the night H3915 in the midst H8432 of the noonday; H6672 hide H5641 the outcasts; H5080 bewray H1540 not H408 him that wandereth. H5074

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4 - For H3588 thou hast been H1961 a strength H4581 to the poor, H1800 a strength H4581 to the needy H34 in H6862➔ his distress, ➔H6862 a refuge H4268 from the storm, H2230 a shadow H6738 from the heat, H2721 when H3588 the blast H7307 of the terrible ones H6184 is as a storm H2230 against the wall. H7023

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 - Thou shalt bring down H3665 the noise H7588 of strangers, H2114 as the heat H2721 in a dry place; H6724 even the heat H2721 with the shadow H6738 of a cloud: H5645 the branch H2158 of the terrible ones H6184 shall be brought low. H6030

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:2 - That walk H1980 to go down H3381 into Egypt, H4714 and H6310➔ have H7592➔ not H3808 asked ➔H7592 at my mouth; ➔H6310 to strengthen themselves H5810 in the strength H4581 of Pharaoh, H6547 and to trust H2620 in the shadow H6738 of Egypt! H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:3 - Therefore shall H1961➔ the strength H4581 of Pharaoh H6547 be ➔H1961 your shame, H1322 and the trust H2622 in the shadow H6738 of Egypt H4714 your confusion. H3639

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 - And H1961➔ a man H376 shall be ➔H1961 as an hiding place H4224 from the wind, H7307 and a covert H5643 from the tempest; H2230 as rivers H6388 of water H4325 in a dry place, H6724 as the shadow H6738 of a H5553➔ great H3515 rock ➔H5553 in a H776➔ weary H5889 land. ➔H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:15 - There H8033 shall H7077➔ the great owl H7091 make her nest, ➔H7077 and lay, H4422 and hatch, H1234 and gather H1716 under her shadow: H6738 there H8033 shall H6908➔ the vultures H1772 also H389 be gathered, ➔H6908 every one H802 with her mate. H7468

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:8 - Behold, I H2005 will bring again H7725 the shadow H6738 of the degrees, H4609 which H834 is gone down H3381 in the H4609➔ sun H8121 dial ➔H4609 of Ahaz, H271 ten H6235 degrees H4609 backward. H322 So H7725➔ the sun H8121 returned ➔H7725 ten H6235 degrees, H4609 by H4609➔ which H834 degrees ➔H4609 it was gone down. H3381

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:2 - And he hath made H7760 my mouth H6310 like a H2719➔ sharp H2299 sword; ➔H2719 in the shadow H6738 of his hand H3027 hath he hid me, H2244 and made me H7760 a H2671➔ polished H1305 shaft; ➔H2671 in his quiver H827 hath he hid me; H5641

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:16 - And I have put H7760 my words H1697 in thy mouth, H6310 and H6738➔ I have covered thee H3680 in the shadow ➔ H6738 of mine hand, H3027 that I may plant H5193 the heavens, H8064 and lay the foundations H3245 of the earth, H776 and say H559 unto Zion, H6726 Thou H859 art my people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:45 - They that fled H5127 stood H5975 under the shadow H6738 of Heshbon H2809 because of the force: H3581 but H3588 a fire H784 shall come forth H3318 out of Heshbon, H2809 and a flame H3852 from the midst H996 of Sihon, H5511 and shall devour H398 the corner H6285 of Moab, H4124 and the crown of the head H6936 of the H1121➔ tumultuous H7588 ones. ➔H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:20 - The breath H7307 of our nostrils, H639 the anointed H4899 of the LORD, H3068 was taken H3920 in their pits, H7825 of whom H834 we said, H559 Under his shadow H6738 we shall live H2421 among the heathen. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:23 - In the mountain H2022 of the height H4791 of Israel H3478 will I plant it: H8362 and it shall bring forth H5375 boughs, H6057 and bear H6213 fruit, H6529 and be H1961 a H730➔ goodly H117 cedar: ➔H730 and H7931➔ under it H8478 shall dwell ➔H7931 all H3605 fowl H6833 of every H3605 wing; H3671 in the shadow H6738 of the branches thereof H1808 shall they dwell. H7931

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:6 - All H3605 the H8064➔ fowls H5775 of heaven ➔H8064 made their nests H7077 in his boughs, H5589 and under H8478 his branches H6288 did H3205➔ all H3605 the beasts H2416 of the field H7704 bring forth their young, ➔H3205 and under his shadow H6738 dwelt H3427 all H3605 great H7227 nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:12 - And H3772➔ strangers, H2114 the terrible H6184 of the nations, H1471 have cut him off, ➔H3772 and have left him: H5203 upon H413 the mountains H2022 and in all H3605 the valleys H1516 his branches H1808 are fallen, H5307 and H7665➔ his boughs H6288 are broken ➔H7665 by all H3605 the rivers H650 of the land; H776 and H3381➔ all H3605 the people H5971 of the earth H776 are gone down ➔H3381 from his shadow, H6738 and have left him. H5203

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:17 - They H1992 also H1571 went down H3381 into hell H7585 with him H854 unto H413 them that be slain H2491 with the sword; H2719 and they that were his arm, H2220 that dwelt H3427 under his shadow H6738 in the midst H8432 of the heathen. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:13 - They sacrifice H2076 upon H5921 the tops H7218 of the mountains, H2022 and H5921➔ burn incense H6999 upon ➔H5921 the hills, H1389 under H8478 oaks H437 and poplars H3839 and elms, H424 because H3588 the shadow thereof H6738 is good: H2896 therefore H5921 H3651 your daughters H1323 shall commit whoredom, H2181 and your spouses H3618 shall commit adultery. H5003

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:7 - They that dwell H3427 under his shadow H6738 shall return; H7725 they shall revive H2421 as the corn, H1715 and grow H6524 as the vine: H1612 the scent thereof H2143 shall be as the wine H3196 of Lebanon. H3844

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:5 - So H3318➔ Jonah H3124 went out ➔H3318 of H4480 the city, H5892 and sat H3427 on the east side H6924 of the city, H5892 and H6213➔ there H8033 made ➔H6213 him a booth, H5521 and sat H3427 under it H8478 in the shadow, H6738 till H5704 H834 he might see H7200 what H4100 would become H1961 of the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:6 - And H4487➔ the LORD H3068 God H430 prepared ➔H4487 a gourd, H7021 and made it to come H5927 up H5921 over Jonah, H3124 that it might be H1961 a shadow H6738 over H5921 his head, H7218 to deliver H5337 him from his grief. H7451 So H8055➔ Jonah H3124 was ➔H8055➔ exceeding H1419 H8057 glad ➔H8055 of H5921 the gourd. H7021
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