Tsalmâveth — H6757

H6757 · Hebrew — צלמות

Pronunciation: tsal-maw'-veth

Definition

masculine noun

shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity)

  1. death-shadow, deep shadow, deep darkness, shadow of death
    1. death-shadow
    2. death-shadow, deep shadow, darkness
    3. death-shadow (of distress, extreme danger) (fig)
    4. death-shadow (of place of the dead) (fig)

Usually translated as

shadow of death

Origin

from H6738 and H4194

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Tsalmâveth occurs 18 times in 17 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (9), Psalms (4), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (2), Amos (1)

Strong's Lexicon — T