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Lexicon :: Strong's H6738 - ṣēl

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צֵל
Transliteration
ṣēl
Pronunciation
tsale
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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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 Box Gen 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8 - See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and do you to them as is good in your eyes. Only don't do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:9 - Only don't rebel against the LORD, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense is removed from over them, and the LORD is with us: don't fear them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:15 - The bramble said to the trees, If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Levanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:36 - When Ga`al saw the people, he said to Zevul, Behold, there come people down from the tops of the mountains. Zevul said to him, You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:9 - Yesha`yahu said, This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:10 - Hizkiyahu answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten steps: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:11 - Yesha`yahu the prophet cried to the LORD; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the dial of Achaz.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:15 - For we are strangers before you, and foreigners, as all our fathers were: our days on the eretz are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2 - As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, As a hireling who looks for his wages,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:9 - (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days on eretz are a shadow.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:2 - He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:7 - My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:8 - Keep me as the apple of your eye; Hide me under the shadow of your wings,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:7 - How precious is your lovingkindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - For the Chief Musician. To the tune "Do Not Destroy." A miktam by David, when he fled from Sha'ul, in the cave. Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, For my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, Until disaster has passed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:7 - For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:10 - The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God's cedars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1 - He who dwells in the secret place of Ha`Elyon Will rest in the shadow of Shaddai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:11 - My days are like a long shadow. I have withered like grass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:23 - I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a arbeh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 121:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:5 - The LORD is your keeper. The LORD is your shade on your right hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 - Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:12 - For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:13 - But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn't fear God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:3 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, His fruit was sweet to my taste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:6 - There will be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a refuge and for a shelter from storm and from rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3 - Give counsel, execute justice; make your shade as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; don't betray the fugitive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4 - For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the awesome ones is as a storm against the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 - As the heat in a dry place will you bring down the noise of strangers; as the heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the awesome ones shall be brought low.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:2 - that set out to go down into Mitzrayim, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Par`oh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Mitzrayim!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:3 - Therefore shall the strength of Par`oh be your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Mitzrayim your confusion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 - A man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:15 - There shall the dart-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shade; yes, there shall the kites be gathered, everyone with her mate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:8 - behold, I will cause the shadow on the steps, which is gone down on the dial of Achaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the dial whereon it was gone down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:2 - and he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand has he hid me: and he has made me a polished shaft; in his quiver has he kept me close:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:16 - I have put my words in your mouth, and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the eretz, and tell Tziyon, You are my people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:45 - Those who fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sichon, and has devoured the corner of Mo'av, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:20 - The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:23 - in the mountain of the height of Yisra'el will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shade of the branches of it shall they dwell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:6 - All the birds of the sky made their nests in its boughs; and under its branches did all the animals of the field bring forth their young; and under its shadow lived all great nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:12 - Strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: on the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the watercourses of the land; and all the peoples of the eretz are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:17 - They also went down into She'ol with him to those who are slain by the sword; yes, those who were his arm, that lived under his shadow in the midst of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:13 - They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, And burn incense on the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, Because its shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, And your brides commit adultery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:7 - Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, And blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Levanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:5 - Then Yonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made himself a booth, and sat under it in the shade, until he might see what would become of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:6 - The LORD God prepared a vine, and made it to come up over Yonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his discomfort. So Yonah was exceedingly glad because of the vine.
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