צֵלtsêl

צֵל: shadow

Pronunciation: tsale · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6738

Meanings

1. shadow (2 Kings 20:9; 2 Kings 20:10; 2 Kings 20:11)

2. shadow, shade (Judges 9:15; Hosea 4:13; Job 40:22)

3. shadow (Job 8:9; Job 14:2; Psalms 144:4)

צִלְלוֺ: see צֶל. above

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 49 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 19:8 Look, I have two virgin daughters. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do with them as you wish. But please, leave these men alone, for they are my guests and are under my protection.”
  • Numbers 14:9 Do not rebel against the Lord, and don’t be afraid of the people of the land. They are only helpless prey to us! They have no protection, but the Lord is with us! Don’t be afraid of them!”
  • Judges 9:15 And the thornbush replied to the trees, ‘If you truly want to make me your king, come and take shelter in my shade. If not, let fire come out from me and devour the cedars of Lebanon.’”
  • Judges 9:36 When Gaal saw them, he said to Zebul, “Look, there are people coming down from the hilltops!” Zebul replied, “It’s just the shadows on the hills that look like men.”
  • 2 Kings 20:9 Isaiah replied, “This is the sign from the Lord to prove that he will do as he promised. Would you like the shadow on the sundial to go forward ten steps or backward ten steps?”
  • 2 Kings 20:10 “The shadow always moves forward,” Hezekiah replied, “so that would be easy. Make it go ten steps backward instead.”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).