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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
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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 Box Gen 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8 - lo, I pray you, I have two daughters, who have not known any one; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do to them as is good in your eyes; only to these men do not anything, for therefore have they come in within the shadow of my roof.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:9 - only, against Jehovah rebel not ye: and ye, fear not ye the people of the land, for our bread they are; their defence hath turned aside from off them, and Jehovah is with us; fear them not.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:15 - And the bramble saith unto the trees, If in truth ye are anointing me for king over you, come, take refuge in my shadow; and if not -- fire cometh out from the bramble, and devoureth the cedars of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:36 - and Gaal seeth the people, and saith unto Zebul, 'Lo, people are coming down from the top of the hills;' and Zebul saith unto him, 'The shadow of the hills thou art seeing like men.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:9 - And Isaiah saith, 'This is to thee the sign from Jehovah, that Jehovah doth the thing that He hath spoken -- The shadow hath gone on ten degrees, or it doth turn back ten degrees?'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:10 - And Hezekiah saith, 'It hath been light for the shadow to incline ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow turn backward ten degrees.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:11 - And Isaiah the prophet calleth unto Jehovah, and He bringeth back the shadow by the degrees that it had gone down in the degrees of Ahaz -- backward ten degrees.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:15 - for sojourners we are before Thee, and settlers, like all our fathers; as a shadow are our days on the land, and there is none abiding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2 - As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:9 - (For of yesterday we are, and we know not, For a shadow are our days on earth.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:2 - As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:7 - And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:8 - Keep me as the apple, the daughter of the eye; In shadow of Thy wings thou dost hide me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:7 - How precious is Thy kindness, O God, And the sons of men In the shadow of Thy wings do trust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure of David, in his fleeing from the face of Saul into a cave. Favour me, O God, favour me, For in Thee is my soul trusting, And in the shadow of Thy wings I trust, Until the calamities pass over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:7 - For Thou hast been a help to me, And in the shadow of Thy wings I sing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:10 - Covered have been hills with its shadow, And its boughs are cedars of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1 - He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:11 - My days as a shadow are stretched out, And I -- as the herb I am withered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:23 - As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 121:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:5 - Jehovah is thy preserver, Jehovah is thy shade on thy right hand,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 - Man to vanity hath been like, His days are as a shadow passing by.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - For who knoweth what is good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:12 - For wisdom is a defense, money is a defence, And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom is, She reviveth her possessors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:13 - And good is not to the wicked, and he doth not prolong days as a shadow, because he is not fearing before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:3 - As a citron among trees of the forest, So is my beloved among the sons, In his shade I delighted, and sat down, And his fruit is sweet to my palate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:6 - And a covering may be, For a shadow by day from drought, And for a refuge, and for a hiding place, From inundation and from rain!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3 - Bring ye in counsel, do judgment, Make as night thy shadow in the midst of noon, Hide outcasts, the wanderer reveal not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4 - For Thou hast been a stronghold for the poor, A stronghold for the needy in his distress, A refuge from storm, a shadow from heat, When the spirit of the terrible is as a storm -- a wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 - As heat in a dry place, The noise of strangers Thou humblest, Heat with the shadow of a thick cloud, The singing of the terrible is humbled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:2 - Who are walking to go down to Egypt, And My mouth have not asked, To be strong in the strength of Pharaoh, And to trust in the shadow of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:3 - And the strength of Pharaoh Hath been to you for shame, And the trust in the shadow of Egypt confusion,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 - And each hath been as a hiding-place from wind, And as a secret hiding-place from inundation, As rivulets of waters in a dry place, As a shadow of a heavy rock in a weary land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:15 - There made her nest hath the bittern, Yea, she layeth, and hath hatched, And hath gathered under her shadow, Only there gathered have been vultures, Each with its companion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:8 - Lo, I am bringing back the shadow of the degrees that it hath gone down on the degrees of Ahaz, by the sun, backward ten degrees:' and the sun turneth back ten degrees in the degrees that it had gone down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:2 - And he maketh my mouth as a sharp sword, In the shadow of His hand He hath hid me, And He maketh me for a clear arrow, In His quiver He hath hid me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:16 - And I put My words in thy mouth, And with the shadow of My hand have covered thee, To plant the heavens, and to found earth, And to say to Zion, 'My people art thou.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:45 - In the shadow of Heshbon stood powerless have fugitives, For fire hath gone forth from Heshbon, And a flame from within Sihon, And it consumeth the corner of Moab, And the crown of the sons of Shaon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:20 - The breath of our nostrils -- the anointed of Jehovah, Hath been captured in their pits, of whom we said: 'In his shadow we do live among nations.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:23 - In a mountain -- the high place of Israel, I plant it, And it hath borne boughs, and yielded fruit, And become a goodly cedar, And dwelt under it have all birds of every wing, In the shade of its thin shoots they dwell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:6 - In his boughs made a nest hath every fowl of the heavens, And under his branches brought forth hath every beast of the field, And in his shade dwell do all great nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:12 - And cut him off do strangers, The terrible of nations, and they leave him, On the mountains and in all valleys have his thin shoots fallen, And broken are his boughs at all streams of the land, And go down from his shade do all peoples of the land, and they leave him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:17 - Also they with him have gone down to sheol, Unto the pierced of the sword, And -- his arm -- they dwelt in his shade in the midst of nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:13 - On tops of the mountains they do sacrifice, And on the hills they make perfume, Under oak, and poplar, and terebinth, For good is its shade.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:7 - Return do the dwellers under his shadow, They revive as corn, and flourish as a vine, His memorial is as wine of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:5 - And Jonah goeth forth from the city, and sitteth on the east of the city, and maketh to himself there a booth, and sitteth under it in the shade, till that he seeth what is in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:6 - And Jehovah God appointeth a gourd, and causeth it to come up over Jonah, to be a shade over his head, to give deliverance to him from his affliction, and Jonah rejoiceth because of the gourd with great joy.
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