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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
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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6738 matches the Hebrew צֵל (ṣēl),
which occurs 49 times in 47 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8 - “Now behold, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them what is good in your eyes; only do nothing to these men, inasmuch as they have come under the [fn]shelter H6738 of my roof.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:9 - “But as for you, only do not rebel against Yahweh; and do not fear the people of the land, for they are our [fn]bread. Their [fn]protection H6738 has been removed from them, and Yahweh is with us; do not fear them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:15 - “And the bramble said to the trees, ‘If in [fn]truth you are anointing me as king over you, come and take refuge in my shade H6738; but if not, may fire come out from the bramble and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:36 - Then Gaal saw the people and said to Zebul, “Behold, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains.” But Zebul said to him, “You are seeing the shadow H6738 of the mountains as if they were men.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:9 - And Isaiah said, “This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do the thing that He has spoken: shall the shadow H6738 go forward ten steps or turn back ten steps?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:10 - So [fn]Hezekiah [fn]answered, “It is easy for the shadow H6738 to stretch forward ten steps; no, but let the shadow H6738 turn backward ten steps.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:11 - Isaiah the prophet cried to Yahweh, and He turned the shadow H6738 on the [fn]stairway back ten steps by which it had gone down on the [fn]stairway of Ahaz.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:15 - “For we are sojourners before You, and foreign residents, like all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow H6738, and there is no hope.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2 -

“As a slave who pants for the shade H6738,

And as a hired man who eagerly hopes for his wages,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:9 -

“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,

Because our days on earth are but a shadow H6738.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:2 -

“Like a flower he comes forth and withers.

He also flees like a shadow H6738 and does not stand.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:7 -

“My eye has also grown dim because of grief,

And all my members are as a shadow H6738.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:8 -

Keep me as [fn]the apple of the eye;

Hide me in the shadow H6738 of Your wings

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:7 -

How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!

And the sons of men take refuge in the shadow H6738 of Your wings.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 -

For the choir director. [fn]Al-tashheth. Of David. A [fn]Mikhtam. [fn]When he fled from Saul in the cave.

Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me,

For my soul takes refuge in You;

And in the shadow H6738 of Your wings I will take refuge

Until destruction passes by.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:7 -

For You have been my help,

And in the shadow H6738 of Your wings I sing for joy.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:10 -

The mountains were covered with its shadow H6738,

And [fn]the cedars of God with its boughs.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1 -

He who abides in the shelter of the Most High

Will abide in the shadow H6738 of the Almighty.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:11 -

My days are like an outstretched shadow H6738,

And as for me, I dry up like [fn]grass.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:23 -

I am passing like a shadow H6738 when it is stretched out;

I am shaken off like the locust.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:5 -

Yahweh is your keeper;

Yahweh is your shade H6738 on your right hand.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 -

Man is like a breath;

His days are like a passing shadow H6738.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few days of his vain life? He will make do with them like a shadow H6738. For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:12 -

For wisdom is a shadow H6738 of protection as money is a shadow H6738 of protection,

And the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the lives of its masters.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:13 - But it will not be well for the wicked man, and he will not prolong his days like a shadow H6738, because he does not fear [fn]God openly.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:3 -

[fn]Like an [fn]apple tree among the trees of the forest,

So is my beloved among the sons.

In his shade H6738 I had great desire and sat down,

And his fruit was sweet to my [fn]taste.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:6 - And there will be a booth to give shade H6738 from the heat by day, and refuge and a hiding place from the storm and the rain.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3 -

“Bring us counsel, make a decision;

[fn]Cast your shadow H6738 like night [fn]at high noon;

Hide those banished, do not reveal the one who flees.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4 -

For You have been a strong defense for the poor,

A strong defense for the needy in his distress,

A refuge from the storm, a shade H6738 from the heat;

For the breath of the ruthless

Is like a rain storm against a wall.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 -

Like heat in a dry land, You subdue the rumbling of strangers;

Like heat by the shadow H6738 of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is [fn]silenced.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:2 -

Who go down to Egypt

But did not ask [fn]Me—

To find strength in the strong defense of Pharaoh

And to take refuge in the shadow H6738 of Egypt!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:3 -

“Therefore the strong defense of Pharaoh will be your shame

And the refuge in the shadow H6738 of Egypt, your dishonor.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 -

Each will be like a refuge from the wind

And a shelter from the storm,

Like [fn]streams of water in a dry country,

Like the shade H6738 of a [fn]huge rock in [fn]a weary land.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:15 -

The [fn]owl will make its nest and find its escape there,

And it will hatch its eggs and gather them in its shade H6738.

Surely, the [fn]falcons will be gathered there,

Every one with its kind.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:8 - “Behold, I will cause the shadow H6738 on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, to go back ten steps.” So the sun’s shadow went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:2 -

He has set My mouth like a sharp sword;

In the shadow H6738 of His hand He has concealed Me;

And He has also set Me as a [fn]select arrow;

He has hidden Me in His quiver.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:16 - “I have put My words in your mouth and have covered you with the shadow H6738 of My hand, to [fn]establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:45 -

“In the shadow H6738 of Heshbon

Those who flee stand without strength;

For a fire has gone forth from Heshbon

And a flame from the midst of Sihon,

And it has devoured the top of the head of Moab

And the scalps of [fn]those who rumble.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:20 -

Resh

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh,

Was captured in their pits,

Of whom we had said, “Under his shadow H6738

We shall live among the nations.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:23 - “On the high mountain of Israel I will plant it, that it may lift up [fn]boughs and yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. And birds of every [fn]kind will dwell under it; they will dwell in the shade H6738 of its [fn]branches.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:6 -

‘All the birds of the sky nested in its boughs,

And under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth,

And all great nations lived under its shade H6738.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:12 - “Strangers—ruthless ones of the nations have cut it down and abandoned it; on the mountains and in all the valleys its foliage have fallen, and its boughs have been broken in all the ravines of the land. And all the peoples of the earth have gone down from its shade H6738 and abandoned it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:17 - “They also went down with it to Sheol to those who were slain by the sword; and those who were its [fn]strength lived under its shade H6738 among the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:13 -

They offer sacrifices on the tops of the mountains

And [fn]burn incense on the hills,

Under oak, poplar, and terebinth

Because their shade H6738 is good.

Therefore your daughters play the harlot,

And your [fn]brides commit adultery.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:7 -

Those who live in his shadow H6738

Will [fn]again raise grain,

And they will flourish like the vine.

His name of remembrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:5 -

Then Jonah went out from the city and sat east of the city. And there he made a booth for himself and sat under it in the shade H6738 until he could see what would happen in the city.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:6 - So Yahweh God appointed a [fn]plant, and it came up over Jonah to be a shade H6738 over his head to deliver him from his miserable evil. And Jonah was [fn]extremely glad about the plant.
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