Tselel צֵלֶל

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Tselel
צֵלֶל
Transliterationtselel
Strong's numberH6752
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossshadow
Occurrences4 in 4 verses
Most frequent inSong of Solomon (2)

Tselel (Hebrew צֵלֶל, Strong's H6752) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “shadow”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) shadow, shade
1a) shadow (on dial)
1b) shadow, shade (as protection)
1c) shadow (symbolic of transitoriness of life)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVshadows (3), shadow (1)
BSBshadows (3), their shade (1)

Verses

Every verse with Tselel, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Job

Song of Solomon

Jeremiah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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