Hebrew noun (Aramaic, masculine) · H6755
צֶלֶם
tselemtseh'-lem
image
17 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6755is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 12spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6755
an idolatrous figure
The King James renders it: form, image.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
tselem is rendered "image". It stands 17 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Seventeen of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Daniel 2:31As you, O king, were watching, a great statue appeared. A great and dazzling statue stood before you, and its form was awesome.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
As you, O king, were watching, a great statue appeared. A great and dazzling statue stood before you, and its form was awesome.
Daniel 2:31צְלֵ֥ם
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seventeen of the word's seventeen uses are in Daniel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- image the5
- and to image of3
- to image of3
- an image2
- obj. image the2
- and image of1
- to image the1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| צֶלֶם | tselem | image | Uses17 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 17, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וּלְצֶ֧לֶם3
- צַלְמָ֔א3
- לְצֶ֣לֶם2
- וּצְלֵ֤ם1
- לְצֶ֥לֶם1
- לְצַלְמָא֙1
- לְצַלְמָ֗א1
- לְצַלְמָ֣א1
- צְלֵ֥ם1
- צְלֵ֣ם1
- צַלְמָ֨א1
- צַלְמָ֗א1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)5ANcbsd/Ta
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3AC/R/Ncbsc
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3AR/Ncbsc
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)3AR/Ncbsd/Ta
- noun · masculine or feminine singular2ANcbsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1AC/Ncbsc
Daniel
seventeen uses
As you, O king, were watching, a great statue appeared. A great and dazzling statue stood before you, and its form was awesome.
- צְלֵ֥םtzelemnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: an image
- צַלְמָ֨אtzalma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: image the
The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its belly and thighs were bronze,
- צַלְמָ֗אtzalma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: image the
As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.
- לְצַלְמָא֙letzalma'preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: obj. image the
Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
- לְצַלְמָ֗אletzalma'preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: obj. image the
King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
- צְלֵ֣םtzelemnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: an image
Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other officials of the provinces to attend the dedication of the statue he had set up.
- צַלְמָ֔אtzalma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: image the
So the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the rulers of the provinces assembled for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, and they stood before it.
- צַלְמָ֔אtzalma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: image the
- צַלְמָ֔אtzalma'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: image the
As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.
- לְצֶ֣לֶםletzelempreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to image of
Therefore, as soon as all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, and all kinds of music, the people of every nation and language would fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
- לְצֶ֣לֶםletzelempreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to image of
You, O king, have issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music must fall down and worship the golden statue,
- לְצֶ֥לֶםletzelempreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to image of
But there are some Jews you have appointed to manage the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—who have ignored you, O king, and have refused to serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”
- וּלְצֶ֧לֶםuletzelemconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and to image of
and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, is it true that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden statue I have set up?
- וּלְצֶ֧לֶםuletzelemconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and to image of
Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I have made. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”
- לְצַלְמָ֣אletzalma'preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: to image the
But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”
- וּלְצֶ֧לֶםuletzelemconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and to image of
At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,
- וּצְלֵ֤םutzelemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and image of
The letters
Gematria 160· 720 mispar gadol
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.