The meaning of “צֶלֶם”
Understanding tselem reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
image, vain shew. - a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance - hence, a representative figure, especially an...
צֶלֶם
image, vain shew. - a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance - hence, a representative figure, especially an idol 1) image 1a) images (of tumours, mice, heathen gods) 1b) image, likeness (of resemblance) 1c) mere, empty, image, semblance (fig.)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 5:3 | “And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:” Word: צֶלֶם (tselem) | |
| Numbers 33:52 | “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:” Word: צֶלֶם (tselem) | |
| 1 Samuel 6:11 | “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.” Word: צֶלֶם (tselem) | |
| 2 Kings 11:18 | “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.” Word: צֶלֶם (tselem) | |
| 2 Chronicles 23:17 | “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.” Word: צֶלֶם (tselem) |
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