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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).
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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 H2822 and the shadow of death H6757 stain H1350 it; let a cloud H6053 dwell H7931 upon it; let the blackness H3650 of the day H3117 terrify H1204 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:21 - Before I go H3212 whence I shall not return, H7725 even to the land H776 of darkness H2822 and the shadow of death; H6757

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:22 - A land H776 of darkness, H5890 as darkness H652 itself; and of the shadow of death, H6757 without any order, H5468 and where the light H3313 is as darkness. H652

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22 - He discovereth H1540 deep things H6013 out of darkness, H2822 and bringeth out H3318 to light H216 the shadow of death. H6757

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:16 - My face H6440 is foul H2560 with weeping, H1065 and on my eyelids H6079 is the shadow of death; H6757

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:17 - For the morning H1242 is to them even as H3162 the shadow of death: H6757 if one know H5234 them, they are in the terrors H1091 of the shadow of death. H6757

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:3 - He setteth H7760 an end H7093 to darkness, H2822 and searcheth out H2713 all perfection: H8503 the stones H68 of darkness, H652 and the shadow of death. H6757

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22 - There is no darkness, H2822 nor shadow of death, H6757 where the workers H6466 of iniquity H205 may hide H5641 themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:17 - Have the gates H8179 of death H4194 been opened H1540 unto thee? or hast thou seen H7200 the doors H8179 of the shadow of death? H6757

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:4 - Yea, though I walk H3212 through the valley H1516 of the shadow of death, H6757 I will fear H3372 no evil: H7451 for thou art with me; thy rod H7626 and thy staff H4938 they comfort H5162 me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:19 - Though thou hast sore broken H1794 us in the place H4725 of dragons, H8577 and covered H3680 us with the shadow of death. H6757

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10 - Such as sit H3427 in darkness H2822 and in the shadow of death, H6757 being bound H615 in affliction H6040 and iron; H1270

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:14 - He brought them out H3318 of darkness H2822 and the shadow of death, H6757 and brake H5423 ➔ their bands H4147 in sunder. H5423

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:2 - The people H5971 that walked H1980 in darkness H2822 have seen H7200 a great H1419 light: H216 they that dwell H3427 in the land H776 of the shadow of death, H6757 upon them hath the light H216 shined. H5050

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:6 - Neither said H559 they, Where is the LORD H3068 that brought us up H5927 out of the land H776 of Egypt, H4714 that led H3212 us through the wilderness, H4057 through a land H776 of deserts H6160 and of pits, H7745 through a land H776 of drought, H6723 and of the shadow of death, H6757 through a land H776 that no man H376 passed through, H5674 and where no man H120 dwelt? H3427

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16 - Give H5414 glory H3519 to the LORD H3068 your God, H430 before he cause darkness, H2821 and before your feet H7272 stumble H5062 upon the dark H5399 mountains, H2022 and, while ye look H6960 for light, H216 he turn H7760 it into the shadow of death, H6757 and make H7896 H7896 it gross darkness. H6205

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:8 - Seek him that maketh H6213 the seven stars H3598 and Orion, H3685 and turneth H2015 the shadow of death H6757 into the morning, H1242 and maketh the day H3117 dark H2821 with night: H3915 that calleth H7121 for the waters H4325 of the sea, H3220 and poureth them out H8210 upon the face H6440 of the earth: H776 The LORD H3068 is his name: H8034
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