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Tuesday, December 31st, 2024
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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #5566 - סֵמֶל

Transliteration

çemel

Phonetics

seh'-mel, say'-mel

Origin

from an unused root meaning to resemble

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1515

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

image, statue, idol

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (5)

Deuteronomy 1

2 Chronicles 2

Ezekiel 2

BSB (5)

Deuteronomy 1

2 Chronicles 2

Ezekiel 2

CSB (5)

Deuteronomy 1

2 Chronicles 2

Ezekiel 2

ESV (5)

Deuteronomy 1

2 Chronicles 2

Ezekiel 2

KJV (5)

Deuteronomy 1

2 Chronicles 2

Ezekiel 2

LEB (4)

Deuteronomy 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ezekiel 2

LSB (5)

Deuteronomy 1

2 Chronicles 2

Ezekiel 2

N95 (5)

Deuteronomy 1

2 Chronicles 2

Ezekiel 2

NAS (5)

Deuteronomy 1

2 Chronicles 2

Ezekiel 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (5)

Deuteronomy 1

2 Chronicles 2

Ezekiel 2

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2489) l m x (סמל SML) AC: ? CO: Image AB: ?: The form or shape of an image.

N^m) l m x (סמל SML) - Image: KJV (5): figure, image, idol - Strongs: H5566 (סֵמֶל)

e^f1) e l m i x (סימלה SYMLH) - Garment: As forming to the image of the body. [df: hlmV] KJV (29): raiment, clothes, garment, apparel, cloth, clothing - Strongs: H8071 (שִׂמְלָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

סֶ֫מֶל noun masculine^{Ezekiel 8:5} perhaps originally proper name, of divinity, then Generally image, statue (Phoenician סמל id., feminine סמלת, Lzb^151,329, also פנסמלת Id³²⁹; Bau^{Rel. i. 88} understands ׳ס to be designation of foreign god); — absolute ׳הַסּ 2 Chronicles 33:7,15, סָ֑מֶל Deuteronomy 4:16; construct סֵ֫מֶל Ezekiel 8:3,5; — image, figure of anything, ׳מֶּסֶל תְּמוּנַת כָּלסֿ Deuteronomy 4:16; idol-image ׳מֶּסֶל הַסּ 2 Chronicles 33:7 and (מֶּסֶל omitted) 2 Chronicles 33:15; סֵמֶל הַקִּנְאָה Ezekiel 8:3 the statue of jealousy, i.e. that rouses ׳י's jealousy, = Ezekiel 8:5.

סמם (√ of following; meaning dubious; if akin to Arabic smell Lane¹⁵⁹³, any fragrant plant Id¹⁵⁹⁴, then ס must be for שׂ; in that case ׳ס perhaps loan-word in Hebrew; Late Hebrew id., spice, drug (Ecclus ׳שׂ Sirach 38:4m.), Aramaic סַמָּא id.; drug, pigment; Arabic poison is apparently loan-word Frä²⁶²).

List of Word Forms

הַסֶּ֖מֶל הַסֶּ֙מֶל֙ הסמל סֵ֖מֶל סֵ֛מֶל סָ֑מֶל סמל has·se·mel hassemel sā·mel Samel sāmel sê·mel Semel sêmel