צֶלֶםtselem

Meanings

Same root

• צָלַלtsâlal · H6751to shade, as twilight or an opaque object
• צֶלֶםtselem · H6755an idolatrous figure
• צַלְמוֹןTsalmôwn · H6756Tsalmon, the name of a place in Palestine and of an Israelite

Where it appears

Appears 17 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”
• Genesis 1:27 So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
• Genesis 5:3 When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father of a son who was just like him—in his very image. He named his son Seth.
• Genesis 9:6 If anyone takes a human life, that person’s life will also be taken by human hands. For God made human beings in his own image.
• Numbers 33:52 you must drive out all the people living there. You must destroy all their carved and molten images and demolish all their pagan shrines.
• 1 Samuel 6:5 Make these things to show honor to the God of Israel. Perhaps then he will stop afflicting you, your gods, and your land.