צֵל tsel

Hebrew word for “shadow” · Strong’s H6738 · used 49 times in 47 verses

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Meaning

1) shadow, shade; 1a) shadow (on dial);

How it is translated

Glosses given for tsel in context, with how often each is used:

• shadow 21
• shade 19
• like shadow 5
• like a shadow 3
• like the shadow 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Kings 20 (3), Ezekiel 31 (3), Judges 9 (2), Isaiah 25 (2), Isaiah 30 (2), Jonah 4 (2), Genesis 19 (1), Numbers 14 (1), 1 Chronicles 29 (1), Job 7 (1)

Forms

• בצל 13
• כצל 9
• צל 6
• בצלו 4
• הצל 3
• ובצל 3
• לצל 2
• צלה 2
• צלך 2
• צלם 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with tsel more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• כָּנָף kanaph “wing” 5
• חָסָה chasah “to seek refuge” 4
• מַעֲלָה maalah “step” 4
• יָרַד yarad “to go down” 6
• אֲחֹרַנִּית achorannit “backwards” 3
• זֶרֶם zerem “storm” 3
• חֹרֶב chorev “drought” 3
• עָרִיץ arits “ruthless” 3
• עֶשֶׂר eser “ten” 4
• תַּחַת tachat “underneath” 5
• מָעוֹז maoz “security” 3
• הַר har “mountain” 5

Key verses

The verses using tsel that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Numbers 14:9 — Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is…
• Psalms 17:8 — Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
• Psalms 36:7 — How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
• Psalms 57:1 — [To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.] Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul…
• Psalms 91:1 — He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
• Ecclesiastes 6:12 — For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him…
• Song of Solomon 2:3 — As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my…
• Isaiah 25:4 — For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the…
• Isaiah 32:2 — And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary…
• Isaiah 51:16 — And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth,…
• Lamentations 4:20 — The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
• Ezekiel 17:23 — In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.