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Lexicon :: Strong's H6757 - ṣalmāveṯ

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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 Box Job 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:5 -

“Let darkness and gloom claim it for their own;

Let a cloud settle upon it;

Let all that blackens the day terrify it (the day that I was born).

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:21 -

Before I go—and I shall not return—

To the land of darkness and the deep shadow [of death],

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:22

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The [sunless] land of utter gloom as darkness itself,

[The land] of the shadow of death, without order,

And [where] it shines as [thick] darkness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22 -

“He uncovers mysteries [that are difficult to grasp and understand] out of the darkness

And brings black gloom and the shadow of death into light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:16

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“My face is red and swollen with weeping,

And on my eyelids is the shadow of death [my eyes are dimmed],

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:17

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“For the morning is the same to him as the thick darkness [of midnight];

For he is familiar with the terrors of thick darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:3

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“Man puts an end to darkness [by bringing in a light],

And to the farthest bounds he searches out

The rock buried in gloom and deep shadow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:22

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“There is no darkness nor deep shadow

Where the evildoers may hide themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:17 -

“Have the gates of death been revealed to you,

Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:4

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Even though I walk through the [sunless] [fn]valley of the shadow of death,

I fear no evil, for You are with me;

Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort and console me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:19 -

Yet You have [distressingly] crushed us in the place of jackals

And covered us with [the deep darkness of] the shadow of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10 -

Some dwelt in darkness and in the deep (deathly) darkness,

Prisoners [bound] in misery and chains,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:14 -

He brought them out of darkness and the deep (deathly) darkness

And broke their bonds apart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:2

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The people who walk in [spiritual] darkness

[fn]Will see a great Light;

Those who live in the dark land,

The Light will shine on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:6

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“They did not say, ‘Where is the LORD

Who brought us up from 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 the deep darkness [of the shadow of death],

Through a land that no man passed through

And where no man lived?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16 -

Give glory to the LORD your God,

Before He brings darkness

And before your feet stumble

On the dark and shadowy mountains,

And while you are longing for light

He turns it into the shadow of death,

And makes it into thick darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:8 -

He who made the [cluster of stars called] Pleiades and [the constellation] Orion,

Who turns deep darkness into the morning

And darkens the 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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