Quick Definition
image
Strong's Definition
tselem tseh'-lem From an unused root meaning to shade ; a phantom , that is, (figuratively) illusion , resemblance ; hence a representative figure , especially an idol: - image, vain shew. LXX related word(s) G1497 eidolon G1504 eikon G3444 morphe G3667 homoioma G3799 opsis G5179 tupos
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to shade;
KJV Usage: image, vain shew.
TWOT Reference: 1923a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
צֶ֫לֶם (tse.lem) — image. 1) image 1a) images (of tumours, mice, heathen gods) 1b) image, likeness (of resemblance) 1c) mere, empty, image, semblance (fig.) Aramaic equivalent: tse.lem (צְלֵם "image" H6755)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Images | Cult Objects | ≈ מִזְבֵּחַ · מַסֵּכָה · מַשְׂכִּית
image = a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing in the form of an image or a drawing; ► often functioning in non-sanctioned rituals or as an object of non-sanctioned worship
NUM 33:52 · 1SA 6:5 · 1SA 6:5 · 1SA 6:11 · 2KI 11:18 · 2CH 23:17 · EZK 7:20 · EZK 16:17 · EZK 23:14 · AMO 5:26
Compare | ≈ דְּמוּת
likeness, resemblance, representation = state in which humans or deities are, or are perceived as, having something in common with other humans and deities
Compare
shadow, phantom = a dark figure cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light as its likeness or representation; ≈ associated with things that are fleeting and will vanish in time
Vision
image, phantom literally: image; hence: = the likeness of a person observed in one's mind
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
צֶ֫לֶם n.m. image images
image, likeness, of resemblance
fig. = mere, empty, image, semblance
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