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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 - “Let darkness H2822 and black H6757 gloom H6757 claim H1350 it;
Let a cloud H6053 settle H7931 on it;
Let 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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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:22 - The land H776 of utter H5890 gloom H5890 as darkness H652 itself,
Of deep H6757 shadow H6757 without H3808 order, H5468
And which shines H3313 as the darkness.” H652

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22

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

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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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:17 - “For the morning H1242 is the same H3162 to him as thick H6757 darkness, H6757
For he is familiar H5234 with the terrors H1091 of thick H6757 darkness. H6757

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:3 - “Man puts H7760 an end H7093 to darkness, H2822
And to the farthest H3605 limit H8503 he searches H2713 out
The rock H68 in gloom H652 and deep H6757 shadow. H6757

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22 - “There H369 is no H369 darkness H2822 or deep H6757 shadow H6757
Where H8033 the workers H6466 of iniquity H205 may hide H5641 themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:17 - “Have the gates H8179 of death H4194 been revealed H1540 to you,
Or have you seen H7200 the gates H8179 of deep H6757 darkness? H6757

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:4 - Even H1571 though H3588 I walk H1980 through the [fn]valley H1516 of the shadow H6757 of 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

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:19 - Yet H3588 You have crushed H1794 us in a place H4725 of jackals H8565
And covered H3680 us with the shadow H6757 of death. H6757

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10 - There were those who dwelt H3427 in darkness H2822 and in the shadow H6757 of death, H6757
Prisoners H615 in [fn]misery H6040 and [fn]chains, H1270

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:14 - He brought H3318 them out of darkness H2822 and the shadow H6757 of death H6757
And broke H5423 their bands H4147 apart. H5423

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:2 - [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

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:6 - “They did not say, H559 ‘Where H346 is the LORD H3068
Who brought H5927 us up 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 man H120 dwelt?’ H3427

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16 - 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 dusky H5399 mountains, H2022
And while you are hoping H6960 for light H216
He makes H7760 it into deep H6757 darkness, H6757
And turns H7896 it into gloom. H6205

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:8 - 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 on the surface H6440 of the earth, H776
The LORD H3068 is His name. H8034
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