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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:21 - Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:22 - A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade -- and no order, And the shining is as thick darkness.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:22 - Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:16 - My face is foul with weeping, And on mine eyelids is death-shade.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:17 - When together, morning is to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:3 - An end hath he set to darkness, And to all perfection he is searching, A stone of darkness and death-shade.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22 - There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:17 - Revealed to thee were the gates of death? And the gates of death-shade dost thou see?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:4 - Also -- when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou art with me, Thy rod and Thy staff -- they comfort me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:19 - But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10 - Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:14 - He bringeth them out from the dark place, And death-shade, And their bands He draweth away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:2 - The people who are walking in darkness Have seen a great light, Dwellers in a land of death-shade, Light hath shone upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:6 - And have not said, Where is Jehovah, Who bringeth us up out of the land of Egypt, Who leadeth us in a wilderness, In a land of deserts and pits, In a dry land, and of death-shade, In a land -- none hath passed through it, Nor dwelt hath man there?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16 - Give ye to Jehovah your God honour, Before He doth cause darkness, And before your feet stumble on dark mountains, And ye have waited for light, And He hath made it for death-shade, And hath appointed it for thick darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:8 - The maker of Kimah and Kesil, And the turner to morning of death-shade, And day as night He hath made dark, Who is calling to the waters of the sea, And poureth them on the face of the earth, Jehovah is His name;
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