Quick Definition
Selah
Biblical Persons & Places
Selah
A musical term
A musical term; called Selah (סֶ֫לָה)
Strong's Definition
suspension (of music), i.e. pause
Derivation: from H5541 (סָלָה);
KJV Usage: Selah.
TWOT Reference: 1506a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to lift up, exalt
1a) Selah
1a1) a technical musical term probably showing accentuation, pause, interruption
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
§ 1) to lift up, exalt
1a) Selah
1a1) a technical musical term probably showing accentuation, pause, interruption
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
סֶלָה
selâh
BDB Definition:
1) to lift up, exalt
1a) Selah
1a1) a technical musical term probably showing accentuation, pause, interruption
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5541
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1506a
Total KJV Occurrences: 74
Bible Occurrences (74)
3:2
3:4
3:8
4:2
4:4
7:5
9:16
9:20
20:3
21:2
24:6
24:10
32:4
32:5
32:7
39:5
39:11
44:8
46:3
46:7
46:11
47:4
48:8
49:13
49:15
50:6
52:3
52:5
54:3
55:7
55:19
57:3
57:6
59:5
59:13
60:4
61:4
62:4
62:8
66:4
66:7
66:15
67:1
67:4
68:7
68:19
68:32
75:3
76:3
76:9
77:3
77:9
77:15
81:7
82:2
83:8
84:4
84:8
85:2
87:3
87:6
88:7
88:10
89:4
89:37
89:45
89:48
140:3
140:5
140:8
143:6