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צֶלֶם H6754
H6754 is the Hebrew word צֶלֶם, transliterated tselem and said tseh'-lem. The King James Version most often renders it images.
What it means
a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol.
Where it comes from
from an unused root meaning to shade.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 16 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: image, vain shew.
Verses using צֶלֶם
All 14 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 1:26 · KJV
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Genesis 1:27 · KJV
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 5:3 · KJV
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
Genesis 9:6 · KJV
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Numbers 33:52 · KJV
Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:
1 Samuel 6:5 · KJV
Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
1 Samuel 6:11 · KJV
And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
2 Kings 11:18 · KJV
And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 23:17 · KJV
Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
Psalm 39:6 · KJV
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Ezekiel 7:20 · KJV
As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
Ezekiel 16:17 · KJV
Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,
Ezekiel 23:14 · KJV
And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,
Amos 5:26 · KJV
But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
Common questions
What does Strong's H6754 mean?
H6754 is the Hebrew word צֶלֶם (tselem), meaning a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol.
How is H6754 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it images (9 times), image (3 times), own image (1 time), after his image (1 time), vain shew (1 time), among others.
How many times does H6754 appear in the Bible?
צֶלֶם (tselem) is tagged in 14 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6754 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from an unused root meaning to shade.
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