צֶ֫לֶם
tse.lem
“image”
Definition
a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol
from an unused root meaning to shade;
- image 1a) images (of tumours, mice, heathen gods) 1b) image, likeness (of resemblance) 1c) mere, empty, image, semblance (fig.) Aramaic equivalent: tse.lem (*צְלֵם *"image" H6755)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
צֶ֫לֶם appears 14 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
So all the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.
You have taken along Sakkuth your kingand Kaiwan your star god,the idols you made for yourselves.
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Then 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.”
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