1) shadow, shade 1a) shadow (on dial) 1b) shadow, shade (as protection) 1c) shadow (symbolic of transitoriness of life) Also means: tse.lel (צֵלֶל "shadow" H6752)
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H6738 — צֵל
tsel · shadow · Hebrew/Aramaic
43 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 19:8 · בְּצֵ֥לLook, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”Numbers 14:9 · צִלָּ֧םOnly do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!”Judges 9:15 · בְצִלִּ֑יBut the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’Judges 9:36 · צֵ֧לWhen Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the mountains!” But Zebul replied, “The shadows of the mountains look like men to you.”2 Kings 20:9 · הַצֵּל֙And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?”2 Kings 20:10 · לַצֵּ֔ל · הַצֵּ֛ל“It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”2 Kings 20:11 · הַצֵּ֗לSo Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.1 Chronicles 29:15 · כַּצֵּ֧ל׀For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.Job 7:2 · צֵ֑לLike a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.Job 8:9 · צֵ֖לFor we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.Job 14:2 · כַּ֝צֵּ֗לLike a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.Job 17:7 · כַּצֵּ֣לMy eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.Psalm 17:8 · בְּצֵ֥לKeep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wingsPsalm 36:7 · בְּצֵ֥לHow precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!Psalm 57:1 · וּבְצֵֽל־For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.Psalm 63:7 · וּבְצֵ֖לFor You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.Psalm 80:10 · צִלָּ֑הּThe mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.Psalm 91:1 · בְּצֵ֥לHe who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.Psalm 102:11 · כְּצֵ֣לMy days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.Psalm 109:23 · כְּצֵל־I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.Psalm 121:5 · צִ֝לְּךָ֗The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.Psalm 144:4 · כְּצֵ֣לMan is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.Ecclesiastes 6:12 · כַּצֵּ֑לFor who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?Ecclesiastes 7:12 · בְּצֵ֥ל · בְּצֵ֣לFor wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.Ecclesiastes 8:13 · כַּצֵּ֑לYet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.Song of Solomon 2:3 · בְּצִלּוֹ֙Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.Isaiah 4:6 · לְצֵל־a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.Isaiah 16:3 · צִלֵּ֖ךְ“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.Isaiah 25:4 · צֵ֣לFor You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,Isaiah 25:5 · בְּצֵ֣לlike heat in a dry land. You subdue the uproar of foreigners. As the shade of a cloud cools the heat, so the song of the ruthless is silenced.Isaiah 30:2 · בְּצֵ֥לThey set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.Isaiah 30:3 · בְּצֵל־But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame, and the refuge of Egypt’s shade your disgrace.Isaiah 32:2 · כְּצֵ֥לEach will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.Isaiah 34:15 · בְצִלָּ֑הּThere the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its mate.Isaiah 38:8 · צֵ֣לI will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.Isaiah 49:2 · בְּצֵ֥לHe made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.Isaiah 51:16 · וּבְצֵ֥לI have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”Jeremiah 48:45 · בְּצֵ֥ל“Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult.Lamentations 4:20 · בְּצִלּ֖וֹThe LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”Hosea 4:13 · צִלָּ֑הּThey sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.Hosea 14:7 · בְצִלּ֔וֹThey will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.Jonah 4:5 · בַּצֵּ֔לThen Jonah left the city and sat down east of it, where he made himself a shelter and sat in its shade to see what would happen to the city.Jonah 4:6 · צֵל֙So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.