Shadow of Death
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Shadow of Death

SHADOW OF DEATH

(tsalmaweth): The Hebrew word translated "shadow of death" is used poetically for thick darkness (Job 3:5), as descriptive of Sheol (Job 10:21; Job 12:22; Job 38:17); figuratively of deep distress (Job 12:22; Job 16:16; Job 24:17; Job 28:3; Job 34:22 (in the last three passages the American Standard Revised Version has "thick darkness" and "thick gloom"); Psalm 23:4, the Revised Version margin "deep darkness (and so elsewhere)"; 44:19:00; 107:10, 14; Isaiah 9:2 Jeremiah 2:6; Jeremiah 13:16 Amos 5:8 Matthew 4:16 Luke 1:79, skia thanatou). The Hebrew word is perhaps composed of tsel, "shadow," and maweth, "death," and the idea of "the valley of the shadow of death" was most probably derived from the deep ravines, darkened by over-hanging briars, etc., through which the shepherd had sometimes to lead or drive his sheep to new and better pastures.

W. L. Walker

Strong's Hebrew
6757. tsalmaveth -- death-like shadow, deep shadow
... death-like shadow, deep shadow NASB Word Usage black gloom (1), dark (1), deep darkness
(6), deep shadow (4), shadow of death (4), thick darkness (2). ...
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The Shadow of Death
... Part II. The Ministry VIII The Shadow of Death. 196. Of the garden of
Gethsemane it is only known that it was across the Kidron, on ...
/.../rhees/the life of jesus of nazareth/viii the shadow of death.htm

The Valley of the Shadow of Death. --Psalm xxiii. 4
... ORIGINAL HYMNS HYMN CCXXX. The Valley of the Shadow of Death."Psalm xxiii. 4.
7.7.7.7 James Montgomery. The Valley of the Shadow of Death."Psalm 23:4. ...
/.../montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn ccxxx the valley of.htm

The Valley of the Shadow of Death.
... III. CONFLICT. Hymn 20 The valley of the shadow of death. William Cowper 8,8,8,8.
The valley of the shadow of death. My soul is sad and much dismayed; ...
//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney hymns/hymn 20 the valley of.htm

Yea, Though I Walk in the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I Will ...
... VII. YEA, THOUGH I WALK IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, I WILL FEAR NO
EVIL, FOR THOU ART WITH ME. Besides the paths and dangerous ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/callan/the shepherd of my soul/vii yea though i walk.htm

"Yea, Though I Walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I ...
... LIFE, DEATH AND FUTURITY. 537. " "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the Shadow
of Death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me." Ps. 23. 537. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/adams/hymns for christian devotion/537 yea though i.htm

The Dayspring from on High
... To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.'"Luke 1:78, 79. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/the dayspring from on high.htm

Of the Great Difference Between the Brightness of the Saints and ...
... And they Dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, says the prophet Isaias.
The shadow of death came forth from original sin; and ...
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It is with no Loss or Disparagement Therefore of his Divine Nature ...
... the bars, and the bolts, and bring forth and set at liberty the prisoners, and restore
those who are sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death to light ...
/.../17 it is with no.htm

The Kingdom and the King
... 'The people that walked in darkness hare seen a great light: they that dwell in
the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.3. Thou hast ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the kingdom and the king.htm

Psalm XXIII.
... 4. "Yea, though I walk in the midst of the shadow of death" (ver.4). Yea, though
I walk in the midst of this life, which is the shadow of death. ...
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