H6738 - צֵל (tsêl)

H6738 צֵל (tsêl) tsale

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

shadow

Strong's Definition

shade, whether literal or figurative

Derivation: from H6751 (צָלַל);

KJV Usage: defence, shade(-ow).

TWOT Reference: 1921a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) shadow, shade

1a) shadow (on dial)

1b) shadow, shade (as protection)

1c) shadow (symbolic of transitoriness of life)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G803 G2540 G4639 G4721

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) shadow, shade 1a) shadow (on dial) 1b) shadow, shade (as protection) 1c) shadow (symbolic of transitoriness of life) Also means: tse.lel (צֵלֶל "shadow" H6752)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

צֵל tsêl BDB Definition: 1) shadow, shade 1a) shadow (on dial) 1b) shadow, shade (as protection) 1c) shadow (symbolic of transitoriness of life) Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6751 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1921a Total KJV Occurrences: 49

Bible Occurrences (46)

19:8

14:9

9:15 9:36

20:9 20:10 20:11

29:15

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

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

6:12 7:12 8:13

4:6 16:3 25:4 25:5 30:2 30:3 32:2 34:15 38:8 49:2 51:16

48:45

4:20

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

4:13 14:7

4:5 4:6

Genesis 19:8

Look,... I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring... them to you, and you can do to them as you please.... But do not do anything to these men, for...... they have come under the protection of my roof.

Numbers 14:9

Only do not rebel... against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us.... Their protection has been removed..., and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!

Judges 9:15

But the thornbush replied -, If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.

Judges 9:36

When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Look, people are coming down from the mountains...! But Zebul replied..., The shadows of the mountains look like men to you.

2 Kings 20:9

And Isaiah had replied, This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: [Would you like] the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?

2 Kings 20:10

It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps, answered Hezekiah, but not... for it to go back ten steps.

2 Kings 20:11

So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow... back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.

1 Chronicles 29:15

For we [are] foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.