Word Study · Strong's H6754 · Hebrew
צֶלֶם
tselem
tseh'-lem
“a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol
Rendered in the KJV as
image, vain shew.
- 17occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 16inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 17 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 16
- צַלְמֵ֣י2
- בְּצֶ֥לֶם1
- בְּצֶ֣לֶם1
- בְּצֶ֤לֶם׀1
- בְּצַלְמ֔וֹ1
- בְּצַלְמֵ֖נוּ1
- וְצַלְמֵ֣י1
- וְצַלְמֵ֧י1
- כְּצַלְמ֑וֹ1
- צַלְמֵ֤י1
- צַלְמֵ֨י1
- צַלְמֵ֥י1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 12
- [the] images of3
- images its2
- images of2
- in [the] image of2
- according to image his1
- and [the] images of1
- and images of1
- image their1
- images your1
- in an image1
- in image our1
- in own image his1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 9
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)5
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpc · 5
- HC/Ncmpc · 2
- HNcmpc/Sp3ms · 2
- HR/Ncmsc · 2
- HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms · 2
- HNcmpc/Sp2mp · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3mp · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
- HR/Ncmsc/Sp1bp · 1
All 17, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis5 occurrences
- Genesis 1:26בְּצַלְמֵ֖נוּbetzalmenupreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralThen God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”here: in image our
- Genesis 1:27בְּצַלְמ֔וֹbetzalmopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularSo God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.here: in own image his
- Genesis 1:27בְּצֶ֥לֶםbetzelempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.here: in [the] image of
- Genesis 5:3כְּצַלְמ֑וֹketzalmopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularWhen Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.here: according to image his
- Genesis 9:6בְּצֶ֣לֶםbetzelempreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.here: in [the] image of
1 Samuel3 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 6:5צַלְמֵ֨יtzalmeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.here: images of
- 1 Samuel 6:5וְצַלְמֵ֣יvetzalmeiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.here: and images of
- 1 Samuel 6:11צַלְמֵ֥יtzalmeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Then they put the ark of the LORD on the cart, along with the chest containing the gold rats and the images of the tumors.here: [the] images of
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 39:6בְּצֶ֤לֶם׀betzelempreposition + noun · masculine singularSurely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.here: in an image
- Psalms 73:20צַלְמָ֬םtzalmamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralLike one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.here: image their
Ezekiel3 occurrences
- Ezekiel 7:20וְצַלְמֵ֧יvetzalmeiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.here: and [the] images of
- Ezekiel 16:17צַלְמֵ֣יtzalmeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself.here: images of
- Ezekiel 23:14צַלְמֵ֣יtzalmeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)But Oholibah carried her prostitution even further. She saw the men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion,here: [the] images of
Same headword in Strong's