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Lexicon :: Strong's H5566 - semel

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סֶמֶל
Transliteration
semel
Pronunciation
seh'-mel
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to resemble
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1515

Strong’s Definitions

סֶמֶל çemel, seh'-mel; or סֵמֶל çêmel; from an unused root meaning to resemble; a likeness:—figure, idol, image.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H5566 in the following manner: image (2x), idol (2x), figure (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H5566 in the following manner: image (2x), idol (2x), figure (1x).

  1. image, statue, idol

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סֶמֶל çemel, seh'-mel; or סֵמֶל çêmel; from an unused root meaning to resemble; a likeness:—figure, idol, image.
STRONGS H5566: Abbreviations
† סֶ֫מֶל noun masculineEzekiel 8:5 perhaps originally proper name, of divinity, then generally image, statue (Phoenician סמל id., feminine סמלת, Lzb151, 329, also פנסמלת Id329; BauRel. i. 88 understands ס׳ to be designation of foreign god); — absolute הַסּ׳ 2 Chronicles 33:7, 15, סָ֑מֶל Deuteronomy 4:16; construct סֵ֫מֶל Ezekiel 8:3, 5; — image, figure of anything, כָּל־ס׳ תְּמוּנַת פֶּסֶל Deuteronomy 4:16; idol-image הַסּ פֶּסֶל 2 Chronicles 33:7 and (פֶּסֶל omitted) 2 Chronicles 33:15; סֵמֶל הַקִּנְאָה Ezekiel 8:3 the statue of jealousy, i.e. that rouses י׳'s jealousy, = Ezekiel 8:5.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

4:16; 4:16

2 Chronicles

33:7; 33:7; 33:15; 33:15

Ezekiel

8:3; 8:3; 8:5; 8:5; 8:5

H5566

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Strong's Number H5566 matches the Hebrew סֶמֶל (semel),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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