צֵלָע tsela

Hebrew word for “side” · Strong’s H6763 · used 40 times in 31 verses

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Meaning

1) side, rib, beam; 1a) rib (of man);

How it is translated

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

• side 14
• side-chambers 8
• sides 7
• side-chamber 5
• boards 3
• ribs 1
• rib 1
• belonged to the side-chamber 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 41 (7), 1 Kings 6 (5), Exodus 26 (4), Exodus 36 (3), Exodus 37 (3), Genesis 2 (2), Exodus 25 (2), Exodus 27 (1), Exodus 30 (1), Exodus 38 (1)

Forms

• צלע 9
• הצלע 4
• צלעו 4
• צלעת 4
• בצלעות 3
• ולצלע 2
• צלעתיו 2
• צלעות 2
• לצלעות 2
• מצלעתיו 1

Words used with it

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

• טַבַּעַת tabbaat “ring” 8
• קֶרֶשׁ qeresh “board” 6
• מִשְׁכָּן mishkan “tabernacle” 7
• קִיר qir “wall” 6
• שֵׁנִי sheni “second” 7
• חָמֵשׁ chamesh “five” 7
• בַּד bad “alone” 6
• סָבִיב saviv “around” 6
• אַמָּה ammah “cubit” 5
• בְּרִיחַ beriach “bar” 4
• אֶחָד echad “one” 7
• רֹחַב rochav “width” 4

Key verses

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

• Genesis 2:21 — And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
• Genesis 2:22 — And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
• Exodus 25:12 — And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the…
• Exodus 26:26 — And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
• Exodus 26:35 — And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put…
• Exodus 30:4 — And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be…
• 1 Kings 6:5 — And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made…
• 1 Kings 6:8 — The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into…
• 1 Kings 6:15 — And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside…
• 1 Kings 6:16 — And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle,…
• Ezekiel 41:6 — And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round…
• Ezekiel 41:26 — And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and…

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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.