valley of the shadow of death

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Christian theological concept biblical metaphor metaphorical place religious concept

The "valley of the shadow of death" is a biblical metaphor from Psalm 23 symbolizing a place or period of extreme danger, suffering, or mortal peril through which God protects and guides the faithful.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian theological concept ⓘ biblical metaphor ⓘ metaphorical place ⓘ religious concept ⓘ
appearsIn	Book of Psalms NERFINISHED ⓘ Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ Psalm 23 NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	God’s guidance ⓘ God’s presence ⓘ Psalm 23:4 ⓘ comfort ⓘ divine protection ⓘ faith under trial ⓘ trust in God ⓘ
contrastedWith	green pastures ⓘ still waters ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslationVariant	the darkest valley ⓘ valley of deep darkness ⓘ
hasHebrewTerm	גֵּיא צַלְמָוֶת (gei tsalmavet) ⓘ
influenced	Christian art ⓘ Christian music ⓘ Christian pastoral theology ⓘ religious poetry ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Hebrew ⓘ
literaryFunction	imagery of journey ⓘ metaphor ⓘ
referencedBy	Christian preachers ⓘ biblical commentators ⓘ
relatedConcept	spiritual warfare ⓘ suffering servant ⓘ trial of faith ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
symbolizes	existential crisis ⓘ extreme danger ⓘ mortal peril ⓘ proximity to death ⓘ spiritual darkness ⓘ suffering ⓘ times of intense trial ⓘ
theme	God as shepherd ⓘ divine companionship ⓘ fearlessness in adversity ⓘ
usedIn	Christian devotional literature ⓘ Christian funeral liturgy ⓘ hymns ⓘ sermons ⓘ

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Psalm 23 (The Lord Is My Shepherd) → keyImage → valley of the shadow of death ⓘ

subject surface form: Psalm 23