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Lexicon :: Strong's H6754 - ṣelem

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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 Box Gen 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:26 - And God saith, 'Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:27 - And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:3 - And Adam liveth an hundred and thirty years, and begetteth a son in his likeness, according to his image, and calleth his name Seth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:6 - whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:52

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:52 - then ye have dispossessed all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and have destroyed all their imagery, yea, all their molten images ye destroy, and all their high places ye lay waste,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:5 - and ye have made images of your emerods, and images of your mice that are corrupting the land, and have given honour to the God of Israel; it may be He doth lighten His hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:11 - and they place the ark of Jehovah upon the cart, and the coffer, and the golden mice, and the images of their emerods.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:18 - And all the people of the land go in to the house of Baal, and break it down, its altars and its images they have thoroughly broken, and Mattan priest of Baal they have slain before the altars; and the priest setteth inspectors over the house of Jehovah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:17 - and all the people enter the house of Baal, and break it down, yea, his altars and his images they have broken, and Mattan priest of Baal they have slain before the altars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:6 - Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, in vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:20 - As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, their image Thou despisest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:20 - As to the beauty of his ornament, For excellency He set it, And the images of their abominations, Their detestable things -- they made in it, Therefore I have given it to them for impurity,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:17 - And thou dost take thy beauteous vessels Of My gold and My silver that I gave to thee, And dost make to thee images of a male, And dost go a-whoring with them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:14 - And she doth add unto her whoredoms, And she seeth graved men on the wall, Pictures of Chaldeans, graved with red lead,

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:26 - And ye bare Succoth your king, and Chiun your images, The star of your god, that ye made for yourselves.
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