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צֵל H6738
H6738 is the Hebrew word צֵל, transliterated tsêl and said tsale. The King James Version most often renders it shadow.
What it means
shade, whether literal or figurative.
Where it comes from
from H6751 (צָלַל).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 43 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: defence, shade(-ow).
Verses using צֵל
The first 40 of 45 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 19:8 · KJV
Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
Numbers 14:9 · KJV
Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
Judges 9:15 · KJV
And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Judges 9:36 · KJV
And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
2 Kings 20:9 · KJV
And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
2 Kings 20:10 · KJV
And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
2 Kings 20:11 · KJV
And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
1 Chronicles 29:15 · KJV
For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
Job 7:2 · KJV
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
Job 14:2 · KJV
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Psalm 17:8 · KJV
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Psalm 36:7 · KJV
How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
Psalm 57:1 · KJV
Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
Psalm 63:7 · KJV
Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
Psalm 80:10 · KJV
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
Psalm 91:1 · KJV
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalm 102:11 · KJV
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
Psalm 109:23 · KJV
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
Psalm 121:5 · KJV
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
Psalm 144:4 · KJV
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
Ecclesiastes 6:12 · KJV
For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 7:12 · KJV
For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
Ecclesiastes 8:13 · KJV
But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
Song of Solomon 2:3 · KJV
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Isaiah 4:6 · KJV
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
Isaiah 16:3 · KJV
Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
Isaiah 25:4 · KJV
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Isaiah 25:5 · KJV
Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
Isaiah 30:2 · KJV
That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
Isaiah 30:3 · KJV
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
Isaiah 32:2 · KJV
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Isaiah 34:15 · KJV
There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
Isaiah 38:8 · KJV
Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
Isaiah 49:2 · KJV
And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
Isaiah 51:16 · KJV
And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
Jeremiah 48:45 · KJV
They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
Lamentations 4:20 · KJV
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
Ezekiel 17:23 · KJV
In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
Ezekiel 31:6 · KJV
All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
Ezekiel 31:12 · KJV
And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
Common questions
What does Strong's H6738 mean?
H6738 is the Hebrew word צֵל (tsêl), meaning shade, whether literal or figurative.
How is H6738 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it shadow (23 times), under the shadow (5 times), under his shadow (4 times), defence (3 times), nay but let the shadow (1 time), among others.
How many times does H6738 appear in the Bible?
צֵל (tsêl) is tagged in 45 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6738 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H6751 (צָלַל).
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