H6763 — צֵלָע (tsêlâʻ)

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Strong's H6763 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: צֵלָע (tsêlâʻ)

Pronunciation: tsay-law'

Morphology: n-f

Derivation: or (feminine) צַלְעָה (tsalʻâh); from צָלַע (tsâlaʻ) [H6760];

Definition: a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e. leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, i.e. quarter); architecturally, a (especially floor or ceiling) timber or plank (single or collective, i.e. a flooring)

KJV Renderings: beam, board, chamber, corner, leaf, plank, rib, side (chamber).

Senses

  1. side, rib, beam
    1. rib (of man)
    2. rib (of hill, ridge, etc)
    3. side-chambers or cells (of temple structure)
    4. rib, plank, board (of cedar or fir)
    5. leaves (of door)
    6. side (of ark)

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
G3148 μάστιξ mástix probably from the base of G3145 (through the idea of contact) a whip (literally, the Roman flagellum for criminals; figuratively, a disease) plague, scourging
G3313 μέρος méros from an obsolete but more primary form of μείρομαι (meíromai) (to get as a section or allotment) a division or share (literally or figuratively, in a wide application) behalf, course, coast, craft, particular (+ -ly), part (+ -ly), piece, portion, respect, side, some sort(-what)
G3586 ξύλον xýlon from another form of the base of G3582 timber (as fuel or material); by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance staff, stocks, tree, wood
G4009 πέρας péras from the same as G4008 an extremity end, ut-(ter-)most part
G4125 πλευρά pleurá of uncertain affinity a rib, i.e. (by extension) side side
H6760 צָלַע tsâlaʻ a primitive root; probably to curve; used only as denominative from צֵלָע (tsêlâʻ) H6763, to limp (as if one-sided) halt

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.