Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
image
Usage: image, idol Aramaic of tse.lem (צֶ֫לֶם "image" H6754)
Tselem means “form” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H6755 צֶּלֶם צְּלֶם (tselem) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. tselem (tseh'-lem) ((Aramaic) or tslem (Aramaic) {tsel-em'}) n-m. 1. an idolatrous figure [corresponding to H6754] It has 15 linked Bible usages across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include image and image's. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
tselem (tseh'-lem) ((Aramaic) or tslem (Aramaic) {tsel-em'}) n-m. 1. an idolatrous figure [corresponding to H6754] KJV: form, image. Root(s): H6754
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image
Usage: image, idol Aramaic of tse.lem (צֶ֫לֶם "image" H6754)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render tselem, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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15 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
First 15 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6755.
Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6755, grouped by book.
Tselem (Strong's H6755) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "form". tselem (tseh'-lem) ((Aramaic) or tslem (Aramaic) {tsel-em'}) n-m. 1. an idolatrous figure [corresponding to H6754]
This page currently indexes 15 linked usages for Strong's H6755 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6755 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as image and image's. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.