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צַלְמָוֶת H6757
H6757 is the Hebrew word צַלְמָוֶת, transliterated tsalmâveth and said tsal-maw'-veth. The King James Version most often renders it shadow of death.
What it means
shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity).
Where it comes from
from H6738 (צֵל) and H4194 (מָוֶת).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 11 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: shadow of death.
Verses using צַלְמָוֶת
All 11 verses, quoted in full.
Job 3:5 · KJV
Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
Job 10:22 · KJV
A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
Job 24:17 · KJV
For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
Job 34:22 · KJV
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Psalm 23:4 · KJV
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Psalm 107:10 · KJV
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
Psalm 107:14 · KJV
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
Isaiah 9:2 · KJV
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Jeremiah 2:6 · KJV
Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
Jeremiah 13:16 · KJV
Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
Amos 5:8 · KJV
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
Common questions
What does Strong's H6757 mean?
H6757 is the Hebrew word צַלְמָוֶת (tsalmâveth), meaning shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity).
How is H6757 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it shadow of death (10 times), nor shadow of death (1 time).
How many times does H6757 appear in the Bible?
צַלְמָוֶת (tsalmâveth) is tagged in 11 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6757 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H6738 (צֵל) and H4194 (מָוֶת).
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