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צְלֵם tselem
Hebrew word for “image” · Strong’s H6755 · used 17 times in 15 verses
Meaning
image, idol; Aramaic of tse.lem (צֶ֫לֶם "image" H6754)
How it is translated
Glosses given for tselem in context, with how often each is used:
- image 9
- image the 8
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel | 17 | 2.9 |
Chapters where it is used most
Forms
- צלמא 5
- לצלמא 3
- לצלם 3
- ולצלם 3
- צלם 2
- וצלם 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with tselem more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- דִּי di “that” 14
- דְּהַב dehav “gold” 9
- קוּם qum “to stand” 9
- סְגִד segid “to do homage” 7
- נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר nevukhadnetstsar “Nebuchadnezzar” 7
- מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 9
- כֹּל kol “all” 7
- לָא la “not” 6
- זַן zan “kind” 4
- זְמָר zemar “music” 4
- מַשְׁרוֹקִי mashroqi “flute” 4
- קַתָרֹס qitaros “lyre” 4
Key verses
The verses using tselem that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Daniel 2:32 — This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
- Daniel 2:34 — Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
- Daniel 2:35 — Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the…
- Daniel 3:1 — Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in…
- Daniel 3:2 — Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs,…
- Daniel 3:5 — That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image…
- Daniel 3:7 — Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the…
- Daniel 3:10 — Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of…
- Daniel 3:12 — There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded…
- Daniel 3:15 — Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and…
- Daniel 3:18 — But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
- Daniel 3:19 — Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that…
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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.