צֵל
tsêl · tsale
shade, whether literal or figurative
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6751 (צָלַל);
shade, whether literal or figurative
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: defence, shade(-ow).
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › authority, the one who leads
To pursue the straight path of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צֵל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
49 occurrences · 49 OT · 0 NT · 36 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the shadow4 · 10%
- in the shadow4 · 10%
- are as a shadow3 · 8%
- under the shadow3 · 8%
- under his shadow3 · 8%
- with the shadow2 · 5%
- is a defence2 · 5%
- they under the shadow1 · 3%
- for us: their defence1 · 3%
- in my shadow1 · 3%
- shall the shadow1 · 3%
- for the shadow1 · 3%
- nay, but let the shadow1 · 3%
- are a shadow1 · 3%
- also as a shadow1 · 3%
- me under the shadow1 · 3%
- in thee: yea, in the shadow1 · 3%
- therefore in the shadow1 · 3%
- are like a shadow1 · 3%
- like the shadow1 · 3%
- is thy shade1 · 3%
- as a shadow1 · 3%
- which are as a shadow1 · 3%
- down under his shadow1 · 3%
- for a shadow1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.