צֶלֶם (tselem) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning image. It appears
17 times
in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6754).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1923a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1923a)image; images; likeness; mere, empty, semblance; phantom, illusion, resemblance, representative figure, idol; vain shew
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
צֶ֫לֶםnoun, masculine: image
1.images
2.image, likeness, of resemblance
3.figuratively = mere, empty, image, semblance
Strong's H6754צֶלֶם: a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol KJV:image, vain shew.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.