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Strong's #6754 - צֶלֶם
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- image
- images (of tumours, mice, heathen gods)
- image, likeness (of resemblance)
- mere, empty, image, semblance (figuratively)
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2663) mly (תסלמ TsLM) AC: ? CO: Image AB: ?: An outline or representation of an original as a shadow is the outline of the original. [from: ly- from the dark shadow of a deep place]
Nm ) mly (תסלמ TsLM) - Image: Also an image or form of something as the shadow of the original. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (34): image, vain, form - Strongs: H6754 (צֶלֶם), H6755 (צְלֵם)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 images of tumours and mice (of gold) 1 Samuel 6:5 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 6:11; especially of heathen gods Amos 5:26 (text dubious; strike out We as gloss, compare GASm Dr), 2 Kings 11:18 2 Chronicles 23:17 (both with verb שִׁבְּרוּ), Ezekiel 7:20, so זָכָר׳צ Ezekiel 16:17 (i.e. in male form, according to figurative of harlotry for idolatry); צַלְמֵי מַסֵכֹתָם Numbers 33:52 their molten images; of painted pictures of men Ezekiel 23:14.
2 image, likeness, of resemblance, ׳בְּצ (בָּרָא) עָשָׂה, of God's making man in his own image, Genesis 1:26("" כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ), Genesis 1:27; Genesis 1:27; Genesis 9:6, ׳כְּצ Genesis 5:3 ("" בִּדְמוּתוֺ; all P).
3 figurative = mere, empty, image, semblance, ׳בְּצ Psalm 39:7 as (ב essentiae) a (mere) semblance man walks about; צַלְמָם תִּבְזֶה Psalm 73:20 thou wilt despise their semblance.
צְלֵם17 noun masculine Daniel 2:31 image (see Biblical Hebrew צלם); — absolute ׳צ Daniel 2:31; Daniel 3:1; construct ׳צ Daniel 3:19, צֶ֫לֶם Daniel 3:5 +; emphatic צַלְמָא Daniel 2:31 +; — image Daniel 2:31 (twice in verse); Daniel 2:32,34,35; Daniel 3:1 10t. 3; אַנֶמּוֺהִי׳צ Daniel 3:19i.e. his expression.
צֶלֶם m. with suff. צַלְמוֹ
(1) a shadow, Psalms 39:7 metaph. used of any thing vain, Psal. 73:20. Hence
(2) an image, likeness (so called from its shadowing forth; compare σκία, σκίασμα, σκιαγραφέω), Genesis 1:27, 5:3 9:6 an image, idol, 2 Kings 11:18; Amos 5:26. (Syr. and Chald. ܨܠܰܡܐܳ, צַלְמָא id., Arab. صَنَمُ an image, the letters נ and ל being interchanged.)
צֶלֶם , צְלֵם Ch. emphat. state, צַלְמָא m. an image, idol, Daniel 2:31, seqq.; 3:1, seqq.