Hebrew Word Study

The meaning of סֶמֶל

Understanding çemel reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

Definition

or סֵמֶל çêmel (say'-mel); from an unused root meaning to resemble figure, idol, image. - a likeness 1) image, statue, i...

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סֶמֶל

Phoneticseh'-mel
Transliterationçemel
Grammar Code
H:N-M
Hebrew Noun, Masculine
Strong's Definition
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

or סֵמֶל çêmel (say'-mel); from an unused root meaning to resemble figure, idol, image. - a likeness 1) image, statue, idol

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

5 total references
ReferenceText
Deuteronomy 4:16

Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

Word: סֶמֶל (çemel)
2 Chronicles 33:7

And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

Word: סֶמֶל (çemel)
2 Chronicles 33:15

And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

Word: סֶמֶל (çemel)
Ezekiel 8:3

And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.

Word: סֶמֶל (çemel)
Ezekiel 8:5

Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.

Word: סֶמֶל (çemel)

Usage Statistics

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Most Frequent Book
2 Chronicles
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