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the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Strong's #6757 - צַלְמָוֶת

Transliteration

tsalmâveth

Phonetics

tsal-maw'-veth

Origin

from (H6738) and (H4194)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1921b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

death-shadow, deep shadow, deep darkness, shadow of death
1. death-shadow
2. death-shadow, deep shadow, darkness
3. death-shadow (of distress, extreme danger) (fig)
4. death-shadow (of place of the dead) (fig)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 86 ‑ ᾅδης (hah'‑dace); 175 ‑ ἄκαρπος (ak'‑ar‑pos); 2288 ‑ θάνατος (than'‑at‑os); 4639 ‑ σκιά (skee'‑ah); 4655 ‑ σκότος (skot'‑os);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (17)

Job 9

Psalms 4

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

Amos 1

BSB (17)

Job 10

Psalms 4

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

Amos 1

CSB (15)

Job 10

Psalms 4

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

Amos 1

ESV (18)

Job 10

Psalms 4

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

Amos 1

KJV (18)

Job 10

Psalms 4

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

Amos 1

LEB (18)

Job 10

Psalms 4

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

Amos 1

LSB (39)

Job 20

Psalms 11

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 4

Amos 2

N95 (27)

Job 20

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 4

Amos 2

NAS (37)

Job 20

Psalms 8

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 4

Amos 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (18)

Job 10

Psalms 4

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

Amos 1

ASV (17)

and in the shadow of death 1

and of the shadow of death 2

and of thick darkness 1

and the shadow of death 2

is the shadow of death 1

it into the shadow of death 1

nor thick gloom 1

of the shadow of death 3

of the thick darkness 1

the shadow of death 2

thick darkness 1

us with the shadow of death 1

BSB (17)

and darkness 1

and deep shadows 1

and gloom 2

and in the shadow of death 1

and the shadow of death 1

darkness 1

deep darkness 1

deep shadow 1

deep shadows 1

into deep gloom 1

of darkness 1

of deep shadow 1

of the shadow of death 3

us with deepest darkness 1

CSB (15)

darkest gloom 1

darkness 3

deepest darkness 1

gloom 4

gloomy 1

like darkness 1

of darkness 2

of deep darkness 1

the deepest darkness 1

ESV (18)

deep darkness 11

gloom 1

shadow 2

shadow of death 4

KJV (18)

death 18

LEB (18)

a deep shadow 1

and deep darkness 1

and deep shadow 2

and deep shadow claim it 1

and deep shadows 1

and gloom 2

darkness 1

deep darkness 2

deep shadow 3

i walk in a dark 1

is to them deep darkness 1

it as gloom 1

with deep shadow 1

LSB (39)

death 18

of 3

shadow 17

shadows 1

N95 (27)

black 1

dark 1

darkness 8

deep 10

gloom 1

shadow 4

thick 2

NAS (37)

black 1

dark 1

darkness 8

death 3

deep 10

gloom 2

of 3

shadow 7

thick 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (18)

and in the shadow of death 1

and of the shadow of death 2

and of thick darkness 1

and the shadow of death 2

deep darkness 1

it into the shadow of death 1

nor thick gloom 1

of the shadow of death 4

of the thick darkness 1

the shadow of death 2

thick darkness 1

us with the shadow of death 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

צַלְמָ֫וֶת noun [masculine] death-shadow, deep shadow, in poetry (probably = צֵל + מָוֶת, ᵐ5. (usually) σκιὰ θανάτου, compare ᵑ6ᵑ9, so Thes Schw^{Leben n. d. Tode, 194}, see especially Nö^{ZAW xvii (1897), 183ff.}; Ew Br and most modern (after older commentaries) read צַלְמוּת darkness, deep darkness, compare Arabic

IV, Assyrian [ƒalâmu], Ethiopic

be black, dark); ** compare

darkness; We^{Kl. Proph. ed. 3,81} would read feminine plural צְלָמוֺת, like

Qor 2:16; 2:18; and frequently. — death-shadow, often "" חשֶׁךְ, לַיְלָה etc., and opposed to בֹּקֶר, אוֺר.

1 = deep shadow, darkness (compare הַרְרֵי אֵל, אַרְזֵי אֵל): Amos 5:8; Job 3:5; Job 12:22; Job 24:17a Job 28:3; Job 34:22; of eyes heavy with weeping Job 16:16; ׳בַּלְהוֺת צ Job 24:17b terrors of the darkness.

2 figurative

a. of distress Jeremiah 13:16; Psalm 107:10; Psalm 107:14; ׳אֶרֶץ צ Isaiah 9:1.

b. of extreme danger Jeremiah 2:6; Psalm 23:4; Psalm 44:20.

3 characterizing world of the dead, ׳אֶרֶץ חשֶׁךְ וצ Job 10:21, ׳כְּמוֺ אֹפֶל צ Job 10:22 (text dubious, see Bu Du); ׳וְשַׁעֲרֵי צ Job 38:17 (ᵐ5 πυλωροὶ δὲ ᾅδου; "" שַׁעֲרֵימָֿ֑וֶת).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

צַלְמָוֶת f. pr. shadow of death (comp. of צֵל shadow, and מָוֶת death), poet. for very thick darkness, Job 3:5, 10:21 28:3 34:22 38:17, שַׁעֲרֵי צַלְמָוֶת “the gates of darkness.”

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List of Word Forms

בְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃ בצלמות׃ וְ֭צַלְמָוֶת וְצַלְמָ֑וֶת וְצַלְמָ֔וֶת וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃ וצלמות וצלמות׃ לְצַלְמָ֔וֶת לצלמות צַ֭לְמָוֶת צַלְמָ֑וֶת צַלְמָ֔וֶת צַלְמָ֡וֶת צַלְמָ֣וֶת צַלְמָֽוֶת׃ צלמות צלמות׃ ḇə·ṣal·mā·weṯ ḇəṣalmāweṯ lə·ṣal·mā·weṯ ləṣalmāweṯ letzalMavet ṣal·mā·weṯ ṣalmāweṯ Tzalmavet Vetzalmavet wə·ṣal·mā·weṯ wəṣalmāweṯ