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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 - obscurent eum tenebrae et umbra mortis occupet eum caligo et involvatur amaritudine

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:21 - antequam vadam et non revertar ad terram tenebrosam et opertam mortis caligine

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:22 - terram miseriae et tenebrarum ubi umbra mortis et nullus ordo et sempiternus horror inhabitans

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22 - qui revelat profunda de tenebris et producit in lucem umbram mortis

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:16 - [Vulgate 16:17] facies mea intumuit a fletu et palpebrae meae caligaverunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:17 - si subito apparuerit aurora arbitrantur umbram mortis et sic in tenebris quasi in luce ambulant

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:3 - tempus posuit tenebris et universorum finem ipse considerat lapidem quoque caliginis et umbram mortis

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22 - non sunt tenebrae et non est umbra mortis ut abscondantur ibi qui operantur iniquitatem

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:17 - numquid apertae tibi sunt portae mortis et ostia tenebrosa vidisti

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:4 - [Vulgate 22:4] sed et si ambulavero in valle mortis non timebo malum quoniam tu mecum es virga tua et baculus tuus ipsa consolabuntur me

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:19 - [Vulgate 43:19] non est conversum retro cor nostrum nec declinaverunt gressus nostri a semita tua

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10 - [Vulgate 106:10] habitantes in tenebris et umbra mortis alligatos inopia et ferro

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:14 - [Vulgate 106:14] et eduxit eos de tenebris et umbra mortis et vincula eorum disrupit

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:2 - populus qui ambulabat in tenebris vidit lucem magnam habitantibus in regione umbrae mortis lux orta est eis

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:6 - et non dixerunt ubi est Dominus qui ascendere nos fecit de terra Aegypti qui transduxit nos per desertum per terram inhabitabilem et inviam per terram sitis et imaginem mortis per terram in qua non ambulavit vir neque habitavit homo

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16 - date Domino Deo vestro gloriam antequam contenebrescat et antequam offendant pedes vestri ad montes caligosos expectabitis lucem et ponet eam in umbram mortis et in caliginem

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:8 - facientem Arcturum et Orionem et convertentem in mane tenebras et diem nocte mutantem qui vocat aquas maris et effundit eas super faciem terrae Dominus nomen eius
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