Strong’s H6738 · Hebrew

צֵל
tsêl
tsale

Definition

shade, whether literal or figurative

Etymology

from H6751 (צָלַל);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • defence
  • shade(-ow)

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.