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Lexicon :: Strong's H6738 - ṣēl

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צֵל
Transliteration
ṣēl
Pronunciation
tsale
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1921a

Strong’s Definitions

צֵל tsêl, tsale; from H6751; shade, whether literal or figurative:—defence, shade(-ow).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x

The KJV translates Strong's H6738 in the following manner: shadow (45x), defence (3x), shade (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x
The KJV translates Strong's H6738 in the following manner: shadow (45x), defence (3x), shade (1x).

  1. shadow, shade

    1. shadow (on dial)

    2. shadow, shade (as protection)

    3. shadow (symbolic of transitoriness of life)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צֵל tsêl, tsale; from H6751; shade, whether literal or figurative:—defence, shade(-ow).
STRONGS H6738: Abbreviations
† צֵל noun masculinePsalm 144:4 shadow; — צ׳ absolute 2 Kings 20:9 +, construct Genesis 19:8 +; suffix צִלְךָ Psalm 121:5, צִלּוֺ Ezekiel 31:6 +, also צִלְלוֺ [H6752 Job 40:22], etc.; plural צְלָלִים [H6752 Songs 2:17; Songs 4:6]; construct צִלְלֵי [H6752 Jeremiah 6:4]; —
1. shadow on dial 2 Kings 20:9, 2 Kings 20:10 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 20:11 || Isaiah 38:8; צִלְלֶיעָֿ֑רֶב [H6752 Jeremiah 6:4], compare [H6752 Songs 2:17; Songs 4:6]; of mountain Judges 9:36.
2. shadow, shade, as protection (from sun): of branches, Judges 9:15 (in allegory), Hosea 4:13; [H6752 Job 40:22]; Jonah 4:5, Jonah 4:6 and (in figurative) Hosea 14:8 [Hosea 14:7]; Ezekiel 17:23; Ezekiel 31:6, Ezekiel 31:12, Ezekiel 31:17; Psalm 80:11 [Psalm 80:10]; Songs 2:3 (of refreshment, delight); of rock Isaiah 32:2 (simile); קֹרָתִי צ׳ Genesis 19:8 shadow of my roof; of cloud Isaiah 25:4 and (figurative of י׳'s protection) Isaiah 4:6; Isaiah 25:4, so probably Isaiah 16:3; כְּנָפֶיךָ צ׳ shadow of thy wings, figurative of י׳'s protection Psalm 17:8; Psalm 36:8 [Psalm 36:7]; Psalm 57:2 [Psalm 57:1]; Psalm 63:8 [Psalm 63:7]; shade, in general, Job 7:2, figurative of י׳ Psalm 121:5; hence = protection, defence, of city (wall) Jeremiah 48:45; of י׳ Numbers 14:9 (JE), Psalm 91:1 (see also proper name בְּצַלְאֵל), compare צֵל יָדוֺ Isaiah 49:2 (covering prophet, under figure of sword), Isaiah 51:16 (covering people); of human ally Isaiah 30:2, Isaiah 30:3, of king Lamentations 4:20; also of wisdom Ecclesiastes 7:12, money Ecclesiastes 7:12. — בְּצִלָּהּ Isaiah 34:15 apparently reference to קִפּוֹז, but improbable; read perhaps בֵּצֶיהָ her eggs Du CheHpt (CheHeb Hpt transpose וּבָֽקְעָה וְדָֽגְרָה).
3. shadow as symbol of transitoriness of life Job 8:9; Job 14:2; Psalm 144:4 (כְּצֵל עוֺבֵר), Ecclesiastes 6:12; Ecclesiastes 8:13; כְּצֵל נָטוּי of an individual life near its end Psalm 102:12 [Psalm 102:11], so כְּצֵל כִּנְטוֺתוֺ Psalm 109:23; in simile of emaciated members, וִיצֻרַי כַּצֵּל Job 17:7.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:8; 19:8

Numbers

14:9

Judges

9:15; 9:36

2 Kings

20:9; 20:9; 20:10; 20:11

Job

7:2; 8:9; 14:2; 17:7

Psalms

17:8; 36:7; 57:1; 63:7; 80:10; 91:1; 102:11; 109:23; 121:5; 121:5; 144:4; 144:4

Ecclesiastes

6:12; 7:12; 7:12; 8:13

Song of Songs

2:3

Isaiah

4:6; 16:3; 25:4; 25:4; 30:2; 30:3; 32:2; 34:15; 38:8; 49:2; 51:16

Jeremiah

48:45

Lamentations

4:20

Ezekiel

17:23; 31:6; 31:6; 31:12; 31:17

Hosea

4:13; 14:7

Jonah

4:5; 4:6

H6738

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Strong's Number H6738 matches the Hebrew צֵל (ṣēl),
which occurs 49 times in 47 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:9 - “Only H389 do not rebel H4775 against the LORD; H3068 and do not fear H3372 the people H5971 of the land, H776 for they will be our [fn]prey. H3899 Their [fn]protection H6738 has been removed H5493 from them, and the LORD H3068 is with us; do not fear H3372 them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:15 - “The bramble H329 said H559 to the trees, H6086 ‘If H518 in [fn]truth H571 you are anointing H4886 me as king H4428 over H5921 you, come H935 and take H2620 refuge H2620 in my shade; H6738 but if H518 not, may fire H784 come H3318 out from the bramble H329 and consume H398 the cedars H730 of Lebanon.’ H3844

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:36 - When Gaal H1603 saw H7200 the people, H5971 he said H559 to Zebul, H2083 “[fn]Look, H2009 people H5971 are coming H3381 down H3381 from the tops H7218 of the mountains.” H2022 But Zebul H2083 said H559 to him, “You are seeing H7200 the shadow H6738 of the mountains H2022 as if they were men.” H376

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:9 - Isaiah H3470 said, H559 “This H2088 shall be the sign H226 to you from the LORD, H3068 that the LORD H3068 will do H6213 the thing H1697 that He has spoken: H1696 shall the shadow H6738 go H1980 forward ten H6235 steps H4609 or H518 go H7725 back H7725 ten H6235 steps?” H4609

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:10 - So Hezekiah H2396 [fn]answered, H559 “It is easy H7043 for the shadow H6738 to decline H5186 ten H6235 steps; H4609 no, H3808 but let the shadow H6738 turn H7725 backward H322 ten H6235 steps.” H4609

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:11 - Isaiah H3470 the prophet H5030 cried H7121 to the LORD, H3068 and He brought H7725 the shadow H6738 on the [fn]stairway H4609 back H322 ten H6235 steps H4609 by which H834 it had gone H3381 down H3381 on the [fn]stairway H4609 of Ahaz. H271

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:15 - “For we are sojourners H1616 before H6440 You, and tenants, H8453 as all H3605 our fathers H1 were; our days H3117 on the earth H776 are like a shadow, H6738 and there H369 is no H369 hope. H4723

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2 - “As a slave H5650 who pants H7602 for the shade, H6738
And as a hired H7916 man H7916 who eagerly H6960 waits H6960 for his wages, H6467

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:9 - “For we are only of yesterday H8543 and know H3045 nothing, H3808
Because H3588 our days H3117 on earth H776 are as a shadow. H6738

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:2 - “Like a flower H6731 he comes H3318 forth H3318 and withers. H4448
He also flees H1272 like a shadow H6738 and does not remain. H5975

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:7 - “My eye H5869 has also grown H3543 dim H3543 because H4480 of grief, H3708
And all H3605 my members H3338 are as a shadow. H6738

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:8 - Keep H8104 me as [fn]the apple H380 of the eye; H5869
Hide H5641 me in the shadow H6738 of Your wings H3671

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:7 - How H4100 precious H3368 is Your lovingkindness, H2617 O God! H430
And the children H1121 of men H120 take H2620 refuge H2620 in the shadow H6738 of Your wings. H3671

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - For the choir director; set to [fn]Al-tashheth. A [fn]Mikhtam of David, [fn]when he fled from Saul in the cave.
Be gracious H2603 to me, O God, H430 be gracious H2603 to me,
For my soul H5315 takes H2620 refuge H2620 in You;
And in the shadow H6738 of Your wings H3671 I will take H2620 refuge H2620
Until H5704 destruction H1942 passes H5674 by.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:7 - For You have been H1961 my help, H5833
And in the shadow H6738 of Your wings H3671 I sing H7442 for joy. H7442

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:10 - The mountains H2022 were covered H3680 with its shadow, H6738
And [fn]the cedars H730 of God H410 with its boughs. H6057

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1 - He who dwells H3427 in the shelter H5643 of the Most H5945 High H5945
Will abide H3885 in the shadow H6738 of the Almighty. H7706

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:11 - My days H3117 are like a [fn]lengthened H5186 shadow, H6738
And [fn]I wither H3001 away like [fn]grass. H6212

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:23 - I am passing H1980 like a shadow H6738 when it lengthens; H5186
I am shaken H5287 off H5287 like the locust. H697

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:5 - The LORD H3068 is your keeper; H8104
The LORD H3068 is your shade H6738 on your right H3225 hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 - Man H120 is like H1819 a mere H1892 breath; H1892
His days H3117 are like a passing H5674 shadow. H6738

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - For who H4310 knows H3045 what H4100 is good H2896 for a man H120 during his lifetime, H2416 during the few H4557 [fn]years H3117 of his futile H1892 life? H2416 He will [fn]spend H6213 them like a shadow. H6738 For who H4310 can tell H5046 a man H120 what H4100 will be after H310 him under H8478 the sun? H8121

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:12 - For wisdom H2451 is [fn]protection H6738 just as money H3701 is [fn]protection, H6738
But the advantage H3504 of knowledge H1847 is that wisdom H2451 preserves H2421 the lives H2421 of its possessors. H1167

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:13 - But it will not be well H2896 for the evil H7563 man H7563 and he will not lengthen H748 his days H3117 like a shadow, H6738 because H834 he does not fear H3372 God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:3 - “[fn]Like an [fn]apple H8598 tree H8598 among the trees H6086 of the forest, H3293
So H3651 is my beloved H1730 among H996 the [fn]young H1121 men. H1121
In his shade H6738 I took H2530 great delight H2530 and sat H3427 down, H3427
And his fruit H6529 was sweet H4966 to my [fn]taste. H2441

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:6 - There will be a shelter H5521 to give shade H6738 from the heat H2721 by day, H3119 and refuge H4268 and [fn]protection H4563 from the storm H2230 and the rain. H4306

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3 - “[fn]Give H935 us advice, H6098 make H6213 a decision; H6415
[fn]Cast H7896 your shadow H6738 like night H3915 [fn]at high H8432 noon; H6672
Hide H5641 the outcasts, H5080 do not betray H1540 the fugitive. H5074

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4 - For You have been H1961 a defense H4581 for the helpless, H1800
A defense H4581 for the needy H34 in his distress, H6862
A refuge H4268 from the storm, H2230 a shade H6738 from the heat; H2721
For the breath H7307 of the ruthless H6184
Is like a rain storm H2230 against a wall. H7023

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 - Like heat H2721 in drought, H6724 You subdue H3665 the uproar H7588 of aliens; H2114
Like heat H2721 by the shadow H6738 of a cloud, H5645 the song H2158 of the ruthless H6184 is [fn]silenced. H6031

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:2 - Who proceed H1980 down H3381 to Egypt H4714
Without H3808 consulting H7592 [fn]Me,
To take H5756 refuge H5756 in the safety H4581 of Pharaoh H6547
And to seek H2620 shelter H2620 in the shadow H6738 of Egypt! H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:3 - “Therefore the safety H4581 of Pharaoh H6547 will be your shame H1322
And the shelter H2622 in the shadow H6738 of Egypt, H4714 your humiliation. H3639

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 - Each H376 will be like a refuge H4224 from the wind H7307
And a shelter H5643 from the storm, H2230
Like [fn]streams H6388 of water H4325 in a dry H6724 country, H6724
Like the shade H6738 of a [fn]huge H3515 rock H5553 in [fn]a parched H5889 land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:15 - The tree H7091 snake H7091 will make H7077 its nest H7077 and lay H4422 eggs there, H8033
And it will hatch H1234 and gather H1716 them under its [fn]protection. H6738
Yes, H389 the [fn]hawks H1772 will be gathered H6908 there, H8033
Every H802 one H376 with its kind. H7468

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:8 - “Behold, H2009 I will cause H7725 the shadow H6738 on the stairway, H4609 which H834 has gone H3381 down H3381 with the sun H8121 on the stairway H4609 of Ahaz, H271 to go H7725 back H322 ten H6235 steps.” H4609 So the sun’s H8121 shadow went H7725 back H7725 ten H6235 steps H4609 on the stairway H4609 on which H834 it had gone H3381 down. H3381

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:2 - He has made H7760 My mouth H6310 like a sharp H2299 sword, H2719
In the shadow H6738 of His hand H3027 He has concealed H2244 Me;
And He has also made H7760 Me a [fn]select H1305 arrow, H2671
He has hidden H5641 Me in His quiver. H827

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:16 - “I have put H7760 My words H1697 in your mouth H6310 and have covered H3680 you with the shadow H6738 of My hand, H3027 to [fn]establish H5193 the heavens, H8064 to found H3245 the earth, H776 and to say H559 to Zion, H6726 ‘You are My people.’” H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:45 - “In the shadow H6738 of Heshbon H2809
The fugitives H5127 stand H5975 without H4480 strength; H3581
For a fire H784 has gone H3318 forth H3318 from Heshbon H2809
And a flame H3852 from the midst H996 of Sihon, H5511
And it has devoured H398 the forehead H6285 of Moab H4124
And the scalps H6936 of the [fn]riotous H7588 revelers. H1121 H7588

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:20 - The breath H7307 of our nostrils, H639 the LORD’S H3068 anointed, H4899
Was captured H3920 in their pits, H7825
Of whom H834 we had said, H559 “Under his shadow H6738
We shall live H2421 among the nations.” H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:23 - “On the high H4791 mountain H2022 of Israel H3478 I will plant H8362 it, that it may bring H5375 forth H5375 boughs H6057 and bear H6213 fruit H6529 and become H1961 a stately H117 cedar. H730 And birds H6833 of every H3605 [fn]kind H3671 will [fn]nest H7931 under H8478 it; they will [fn]nest H7931 in the shade H6738 of its branches. H1808

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:6 - ‘All H3605 the birds H5775 of the heavens H8064 nested H7077 in its boughs, H5589
And under H8478 its branches H6288 all H3605 the beasts H2416 of the field H7704 gave H3205 birth, H3205
And all H3605 great H7227 nations H1471 lived H3427 under its shade. H6738

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:12 - “Alien H2114 tyrants H6184 of the nations H1471 have cut H3772 it down H3772 and left H5203 it; on the mountains H2022 and in all H3605 the valleys H1516 its branches H1808 have fallen H5307 and its boughs H6288 have been broken H7665 in all H3605 the ravines H650 of the land. H776 And all H3605 the peoples H5971 of the earth H776 have gone H3381 down H3381 from its shade H6738 and left H5203 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:17 - “They also H1571 went H3381 down H3381 with it to Sheol H7585 to those who were slain H2491 by the sword; H2719 and those who were its [fn]strength H2220 lived H3427 under its shade H6738 among H8432 the nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:13 - They offer H2076 sacrifices H2076 on the tops H7218 of the mountains H2022
And [fn]burn H6999 incense H6999 on the hills, H1389
Under H8478 oak, H437 poplar H3839 and terebinth, H424
Because H3588 their shade H6738 is pleasant. H2896
Therefore H5921 H3651 your daughters H1323 play H2181 the harlot H2181
And your [fn]brides H3618 commit H5003 adultery. H5003

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:7 - Those who live H3427 in his shadow H6738
Will [fn]again H7725 raise H2421 grain, H1715
And they will blossom H6524 like the vine. H1612
His renown H2143 will be like the wine H3196 of Lebanon. H3844

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:5 - Then Jonah H3124 went H3318 out from the city H5892 and sat H3427 east H6924 of [fn]it. There H8033 he made H6213 a shelter H5521 for himself and sat H3427 under H8478 it in the shade H6738 until H5704 H834 he could see H7200 what H4100 would happen H1961 in the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:6 - So the LORD H3068 God H430 appointed H4487 a [fn]plant H7021 and it grew H5927 up over H4480 H5921 Jonah H3124 to be a shade H6738 over H5921 his head H7218 to deliver H5337 him from his discomfort. H7451 And Jonah H3124 was [fn]extremely H8057 H1419 happy H8055 about H5921 the [fn]plant. H7021
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