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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 gloom and deep darkness claim it.
Let clouds dwell upon it;
let the blackness of the day terrify it.

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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 deep shadow,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:22 - the land of gloom like thick darkness,
like deep shadow without any order,
where light is as thick darkness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22 - He uncovers the deeps out of darkness
and brings deep darkness to light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:16 - My face is red with weeping,
and on my eyelids is deep darkness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:17 - For deep darkness is morning to all of them;
for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:3 - Man puts an end to darkness
and searches out to the farthest limit
the ore in gloom and deep darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22 - There is no gloom or deep darkness
where 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

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:4 - Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,[fn]
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:19 - yet you have broken us in the place of jackals
and covered us with the shadow of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10 - Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
prisoners in affliction and in irons,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:14 - He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
and burst their bonds apart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:2 - [fn] The people who walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,
on them has light shone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:6 - They did not say, ‘Where is the LORD
who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
who led us in the wilderness,
in a land of deserts and pits,
in a land of drought and deep darkness,
in a land that none passes through,
where no man dwells?’

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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,
before your feet stumble
on the twilight mountains,
and while you look for light
he turns it into gloom
and makes it deep darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:8 - He who made the Pleiades and Orion,
and 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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