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Strong's numbers

צֶלֶם (H6754)

tselem

tseh'-lem

from an unused root meaning to shade; a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol; image, vain shew.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

צֶ֫לֶם n.m. image
1 images
2 image, likeness, of resemblance
3 fig. = mere, empty, image, semblance

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


15 occurrences

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  • Psalms 73:20
    As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
  • Ezekiel 7:20
    As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
  • Ezekiel 16:17
    Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,
  • Ezekiel 23:14
    And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,
  • Amos 5:26
    But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.