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Lexicon :: Strong's H6763 - ṣēlāʿ

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צֵלָע
Transliteration
ṣēlāʿ
Pronunciation
tsay-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1924a

Strong’s Definitions

צֵלָע tsêlâʻ, tsay-law'; or (feminine) צַלְעָה tsalʻâh; from H6760; a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e. leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, i.e. quarter); architecturally, a (especially floor or ceiling) timber or plank (single or collective, i.e. a flooring):—beam, board, chamber, corner, leaf, plank, rib, side (chamber).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x

The KJV translates Strong's H6763 in the following manner: side (19x), chamber (11x), boards (2x), corners (2x), rib (2x), another (1x), beams (1x), halting (1x), leaves (1x), planks (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x
The KJV translates Strong's H6763 in the following manner: side (19x), chamber (11x), boards (2x), corners (2x), rib (2x), another (1x), beams (1x), halting (1x), leaves (1x), planks (1x).

  1. side, rib, beam

    1. rib (of man)

    2. rib (of hill, ridge, etc)

    3. side-chambers or cells (of temple structure)

    4. rib, plank, board (of cedar or fir)

    5. leaves (of door)

    6. side (of ark)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צֵלָע tsêlâʻ, tsay-law'; or (feminine) צַלְעָה tsalʻâh; from H6760; a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e. leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, i.e. quarter); architecturally, a (especially floor or ceiling) timber or plank (single or collective, i.e. a flooring):—beam, board, chamber, corner, leaf, plank, rib, side (chamber).
STRONGS H6763: Abbreviations
צֵלָע 41 noun feminine (masculine 1 Kings 6:34, and apparently Exodus 26:26) rib, side; — absolute צ׳ Genesis 2:22 +, construct צֶ֫לַע Exodus 26:26 +, also צֵ֫לַע 2 Samuel 16:13; suffix צַלְעוֺ Exodus 25:12 +; plural צְלָעִים 1 Kings 6:34, צְלָעוֺת 1 Kings 6:3 +; construct צַלְעֹת Ezekiel 41:26 +; suffix צַלְעֹתָיו Genesis 2:21 +; —
1. rib of man Genesis 2:21, 22 (J).
2. rib of hill, i.e. ridge, or terrace 2 Samuel 16:13.
3. side-chambers or cells (enclosing temple like ribs) 1 Kings 6:5, 6 (read הַצּ׳ for היצוע, see [יָצִיעַ]), 1 Kings 7:3, so of Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 41:5 + 10 times 41 (on text see Co Toy Krae).
4. ribs of cedar and fir, i.e. planks, boards (plural), of temple wall 1 Kings 6:15, 16 floor 1 Kings 6:15.
5. leaves of door 1 Kings 6:34.
6. (in P) side, of ark (אֶרוֺן) Exodus 25:12 (twice in verse); Exodus 25:14 = Exodus 37:3 (twice in verse); Exodus 37:5; of tabernacle (מִשְׁכָּן) Exodus 26:20 (|| מֵּאָה Exodus 26:18), Exodus 26:26; Exodus 26:27; Exodus 26:27 = Exodus 36:25 (|| פ׳ Exodus 36:23), Exodus 36:31; Exodus 36:32, Exodus 26:35 (twice in verse); of altar Exodus 27:7 = Exodus 38:7, Exodus 30:4 = Exodus 37:27. — Jeremiah 20:10; Job 18:12 see [H6761 צֶלַע]

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5967.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:21; 2:21; 2:22; 2:22

Exodus

25:12; 25:12; 25:14; 26:18; 26:20; 26:26; 26:26; 26:26; 26:27; 26:27; 26:35; 27:7; 30:4; 36:23; 36:25; 36:31; 36:32; 37:3; 37:5; 37:27; 38:7

2 Samuel

16:13; 16:13

1 Kings

6:3; 6:5; 6:6; 6:15; 6:15; 6:16; 6:34; 6:34; 6:34; 7:3

Job

18:12

Jeremiah

20:10

Ezekiel

41:5; 41:26

H6763

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Strong's Number H6763 matches the Hebrew צֵלָע (ṣēlāʿ),
which occurs 41 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:21 - So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:22 - And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made[fn] into a woman and brought her to the man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:12 - You shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them on its four feet, two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:14 - And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark by them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:20 - and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side twenty frames,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:26 - “You shall make bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:27 - and five bars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the side of the tabernacle at the rear westward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35 - And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle opposite the table, and you shall put the table on the north side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:7 - And the poles shall be put through the rings, so that the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it is carried.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:4 - And you shall make two golden rings for it. Under its molding on two opposite sides of it you shall make them, and they shall be holders for poles with which to carry it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:25 - For the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty frames

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:31 - He made bars of acacia wood, five for the frames of the one side of the tabernacle,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:32 - and five bars for the frames of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the tabernacle at the rear westward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:3 - And he cast for it four rings of gold for its four feet, two rings on its one side and two rings on its other side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:5 - and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:27 - and made two rings of gold on it under its molding, on two opposite sides of it, as holders for the poles with which to carry it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:7 - And he put the poles through the rings on the sides of the altar to carry it with them. He made it hollow, with boards.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:13 - So David and his men went on the road, while Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went and threw stones at him and flung dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:5 - He also built a structure[fn] against the wall of the house, running around the walls of the house, both the nave and the inner sanctuary. And he made side chambers all around.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:8 - The entrance for the lowest[fn] story was on the south side of the house, and one went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:15 - He lined the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar. From the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood, and he covered the floor of the house with boards of cypress.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16 - He built twenty cubits of the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls, and he built this within as an inner sanctuary, as the Most Holy Place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:34 - and two doors of cypress wood. The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:3 - And it was covered with cedar above the chambers that were on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:12 - His strength is famished,
and calamity is ready for his stumbling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:5 - Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits thick, and the breadth of the side chambers, four cubits, all around the temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:6 - And the side chambers were in three stories, one over another, thirty in each story. There were offsets[fn] all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side chambers, so that they should not be supported by the wall of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:7 - And it became broader as it wound upward to the side chambers, because the temple was enclosed upward all around the temple. Thus the temple had a broad area upward, and so one went up from the lowest story to the top story through the middle story.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:8 - I saw also that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers measured a full reed of six long cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:9 - The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. The free space between the side chambers of the temple and the

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:11 - And the doors of the side chambers opened on the free space, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south. And the breadth of the free space was five cubits all around.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:26 - And there were narrow windows and palm trees on either side, on the sidewalls of the vestibule, the side chambers of the temple, and the canopies.
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