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Lexicon :: Strong's H6754 - ṣelem

Aa
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

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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 BoxGen 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:26 - And God said, Let us make man in our image, like us: and let him have rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every living thing which goes flat on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:27 - And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:3 - Adam had been living for a hundred and thirty years when he had a son like himself, after his image, and gave him the name of Seth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:6 - Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:52

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:52 - See that all the people of the land are forced out from before you, and put to destruction all their pictured stones, and all their metal images, and all their high places:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:5 - So make images of the growths caused by your disease and of the mice which are damaging your land; and give glory to the God of Israel: it may be that the weight of his hand will be lifted from you and from your gods and from your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:11 - And they put the ark of the Lord on the cart and the chest with the gold images.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:18 - Then all the people of the land went to the house of Baal and had it pulled down: its altars and images were all broken to bits, and Mattan, the priest of Baal, they put to death before the altars. And the priest put overseers over the Lord's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:17 - Then all the people went to the house of Baal and had it pulled down, and its altars and images broken up; and Mattan, the priest of Baal, they put to death before the altars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:6 - Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:20 - As a dream when one is awake, they are ended; they are like an image gone out of mind when sleep is over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:20 - As for their beautiful ornament, they had put it on high, and had made the images of their disgusting and hated things in it: for this cause I have made it an unclean thing to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:17 - And you took the fair jewels, my silver and gold which I had given to you, and made for yourself male images, acting like a loose woman with them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:14 - And her loose behaviour became worse; for she saw men pictured on a wall, pictures of the Chaldaeans painted in bright red,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:26 - Truly, you will take up Saccuth your king and Kaiwan your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.
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