Tselem — H6755

Definition

masculine noun

an idolatrous figure

1. image, idol

Usually translated as

image, form

Origin

(Aramaic) or tsᵉlem; (Aramaic), corresponding to H6754

• Tselem (H6754)

Occurrences

Tselem occurs 17 times in 15 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Daniel (15)

• Daniel 2:31 — Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image (צְלֵ֥ם). This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
• Daniel 2:31 — Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image (צַלְמָ֨א), whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
• Daniel 2:32 — This image’s (צַלְמָ֗א) head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
• Daniel 2:34 — Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image (לְצַלְמָא֙) upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
• Daniel 2:35 — 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 (לְצַלְמָ֗א) became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
• Daniel 3:1 — Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image (צְלֵ֣ם) 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.
• Daniel 3:2 — 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 (צַלְמָ֔א) which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
• Daniel 3:3 — 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 (צַלְמָ֔א) that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
• Daniel 3:3 — 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 (צַלְמָ֔א) that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
• Daniel 3:5 — 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 (לְצֶ֣לֶם) that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
• Daniel 3:7 — 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 (לְצֶ֣לֶם) that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
• Daniel 3:10 — 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 (לְצֶ֥לֶם):
• Daniel 3:12 — There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image (וּלְצֶ֧לֶם) which thou hast set up.
• Daniel 3:14 — Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image (וּלְצֶ֧לֶם) which I have set up?
• Daniel 3:15 — 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 (לְצַלְמָ֣א) 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?
• Daniel 3:18 — But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image (וּלְצֶ֧לֶם) which thou hast set up.
• Daniel 3:19 — Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form (וּצְלֵ֤ם) of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.