H6754 · צֶלֶם
tselem · tseh'-lem · image, idol
H6754 (tselem, pronounced tseh'-lem) is the Hebrew word צֶלֶם in Strong’s dictionary: a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance. It appears 17 times in 15 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- צֶלֶם (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- tselem
- Pronunciation
- tseh'-lem
- Derivation
- from an unused root meaning to shade;
- Definition
- a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol
- Rendered in the KJV
- image, vain shew.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
17 occurrences in 15 verses (16 with English words of their own, 1 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “images” ×3
- “and idols” ×2
- “idols” ×2
- “after his own image” ×1
- “and the images” ×1
- “image” ×1
- “in His own image” ×1
- “in Our image” ×1
By book
Genesis 4 · Numbers 1 · 1 Samuel 2 · 2 Kings 1 · 2 Chronicles 1 · Psalms 2 · Ezekiel 3 · Amos 1
Verses
- Genesis 1:26
- Genesis 1:27
- Genesis 5:3
- Genesis 9:6
- Numbers 33:52
- 1 Samuel 6:5
- 1 Samuel 6:11
- 2 Kings 11:18
- 2 Chronicles 23:17
- Psalms 39:6
- Psalms 73:20
- Ezekiel 7:20
- Ezekiel 16:17
- Ezekiel 23:14
- Amos 5:26
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H6754.