צֵלָע

tsêlâʻ · Hebrew · Strong's H6763 · 41 occurrences

The KJV renders 16 different Hebrew and Greek words as “side”

What it means

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)

or (feminine) צַלְעָה; from H6760 (צָלַע);

How the KJV renders it

beam, board, chamber, corner, leaf, plank, rib, side

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“side”

also renders dexiós (G1188), pleurá (G4125), méros (G3313), ʼâchôwr (H268), yâmîyn (H3225), yârêk (H3409), kôh (H3541), kâthêph (H3802), môthen (H4975), pêʼâh (H6285), tsâphôwn (H6828), qedem (H6924), rebaʻ (H7253), shᵉṭar (H7859), sâphâh (H8193)

“corner”

also renders archḗ (G746), gōnía (G1137), kânâph (H3671), kâthêph (H3802), pêʼâh (H6285), pinnâh (H6438), paʻam (H6471), qâtsâh (H7098), qâtsaʻ (H7106)

“beam”

also renders dokós (G1385), ʼereg (H708), gêb (H1356), kâruthâh (H3773), qôwrâh (H6982)

“chamber”

also renders chuppâh (H2646), yâtsûwaʻ (H3326), nishkâh (H5393), ʻallîyth (H5952)

“leaf”

also renders phýllon (G5444), deleth (H1817), ṭereph (H2964), qelaʻ (H7050)

“board”

also renders sanís (G4548), lûwach (H3871)

“plank”

also renders ʻêts (H6086)

“rib”

also renders ʻălaʻ (H5967)

Where it appears

41 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 32 verses shown.

1 Kings 6:5 · HNcbpa

Against the wall of the house, he built floors all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the inner sanctuary; and he made side rooms all around.

1 Kings 6:8 · HTd/Ncbsa

The door for the middle side rooms was in the right side of the house. They went up by winding stairs into the middle floor, and out of the middle into the third.

1 Kings 6:15 · HR/Ncbpc

He built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood. He covered the floor of the house with cypress boards.

1 Kings 6:16 · HR/Ncbpc

He built twenty cubits of the back part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling. He built this within, for an inner sanctuary, even for the most holy place.

1 Kings 6:34 · HNcbpa

and two doors of cypress wood. The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.

1 Kings 7:3 · HTd/Ncbpa

It was covered with cedar above over the forty-five beams that were on the pillars, fifteen in a row.

2 Samuel 16:13 HR/NcbscExodus 25:12 HNcbsc/Sp3msExodus 25:14 HNcbpcExodus 26:20 HC/R/NcbscExodus 26:26 HNcbscExodus 26:27 HNcbscExodus 26:35 HNcbscExodus 27:7 HNcbpcExodus 30:4 HNcbpc/Sp3msExodus 36:25 HC/R/NcbscExodus 36:31 HNcbscExodus 36:32 HNcbscExodus 37:3 HNcbsc/Sp3msExodus 37:5 HNcbpcExodus 37:27 HNcbpc/Sp3msExodus 38:7 HNcbpcEzekiel 41:5 HTd/NcbsaEzekiel 41:6 HC/Td/NcbpaEzekiel 41:7 HRd/NcbpaEzekiel 41:8 HTd/NcbpaEzekiel 41:9 HNcbpaEzekiel 41:11 HTd/NcbsaEzekiel 41:26 HC/NcbpcGenesis 2:21 HR/Ncbpc/Sp3msGenesis 2:22 HTd/NcbsaJob 18:12 HR/Ncbsc/Sp3ms

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.