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סֶמֶל H5566

H5566 is the Hebrew word סֶמֶל, transliterated çemel and said seh'-mel. The King James Version most often renders it idol.

Word: סֶמֶלTransliteration: çemelSaid: seh'-melLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 5 verses

What it means

a likeness.

Where it comes from

or סֵמֶל; from an unused root meaning to resemble.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 5 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

idol 2×image 2×figure 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: figure, idol, image.

Verses using סֶמֶל

All 5 verses, quoted in full.

Deuteronomy 4:16 · KJV

Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

2 Chronicles 33:7 · KJV

And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

2 Chronicles 33:15 · KJV

And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

Ezekiel 8:3 · KJV

And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.

Ezekiel 8:5 · KJV

Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.

Common questions

What does Strong's H5566 mean?

H5566 is the Hebrew word סֶמֶל (çemel), meaning a likeness.

How is H5566 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it idol (2 times), image (2 times), figure (1 time).

How many times does H5566 appear in the Bible?

סֶמֶל (çemel) is tagged in 5 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5566 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or סֵמֶל; from an unused root meaning to resemble.

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