Definition

to shade, as twilight or an opaque object

Etymology

a primitive root (identical with through the idea of hovering over (compare H6754 (צֶלֶם)));

Word family

• צֶלֶם tselem

How the KJV renders it

• begin to be dark
• shadowing

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.