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Lexicon :: Strong's H6757 - ṣalmāveṯ

Strong's

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צַלְמָוֶת

Transliteration

ṣalmāveṯ

Pronunciation

tsal-maw'-veth

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Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From צֵל (H6738) and מָוֶת (H4194)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1921b

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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

, so Thes Schw^{Leben n. d. Tode, 194}, see especially Nö^{ZAW 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; We^{Kl. 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).

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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

Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon [?]

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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 Box Job 3:5

Job 3:5 - “May darkness and black^H6757 gloom^H6757 claim it;
May a cloud settle on it;
May the blackness of the day terrify it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:21

Job 10:21 - Before I go—and I shall not return—
To the land of darkness and deep^H6757 shadow^H6757,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:22

Job 10:22 - The land of utter gloom like darkness itself,
Of deep^H6757 shadow^H6757 without order,
And it shines like darkness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:22

Job 12:22 - “He reveals mysteries from the darkness,
And brings the deep^H6757 darkness^H6757 into light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:16

Job 16:16 - “My face is flushed from weeping,
And deep^H6757 darkness^H6757 is on my eyelids,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:17

Job 24:17 - “For the morning is the same to him as thick^H6757 darkness^H6757,
For he is familiar with the terrors of thick^H6757 darkness^H6757.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:3

Job 28:3 - “Man puts an end to darkness,
And to the farthest limit he searches out
The rock in gloom and deep^H6757 shadow^H6757.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:22

Job 34:22 - “There is no darkness or deep^H6757 shadow^H6757
Where the workers of injustice can hide themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:17

Job 38:17 - “Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
And have you seen the gates of deep^H6757 darkness^H6757?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:4

Psa 23:4 - Even though I walk through the [fn]valley of the shadow^H6757 of^H6757 death^H6757,
I fear no [fn]evil, for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:19

Psa 44:19 - Yet You have crushed us in a place of jackals
And covered us with [fn]deep^H6757 darkness^H6757.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:10

Psa 107:10 - There were those who lived in darkness and in [fn]the shadow^H6757 of^H6757 death^H6757,
Prisoners in misery and [fn]chains,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:14

Psa 107:14 - He brought them out of darkness and [fn]the shadow^H6757 of^H6757 death^H6757
And broke their bands apart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:2

Isa 9:2 - [fn]The people who walk in darkness
Will see a great light;
Those who live in a dark^H6757 land,
The light will shine on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:6

Jer 2:6 - “They did not say, ‘Where is the LORD
Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt,
Who led us through the wilderness,
Through a land of deserts and of pits,
Through a land of drought and of [fn]deep^H6757 darkness^H6757,
Through a land that no one crossed
And where no person lived?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:16

Jer 13:16 - Give glory to the LORD your God
Before He brings darkness
And before your feet stumble
On the mountains in the dark,
And while you are hoping for light
He makes it into gloom^H6757,
And turns it into thick darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:8

Amo 5:8 - He who made the Pleiades and Orion,
And changes deep^H6757 darkness^H6757 into morning,
[fn]Who also darkens day into night,
Who calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the surface of the earth,
The LORD is His name.

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