Quick Definition
rock
Strong's Definition
a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be lofty;
KJV Usage: (ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.
TWOT Reference: 1508a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
סֶ֫לַע (se.la) — rock. The Rock Sela (H5554)
סֶ֫לַע (se.la) — crag. 1) crag, cliff, rock 1a) crag, cliff 1b) as stronghold of Jehovah, of security (fig.)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Landforms
rock = a mass of hard stone projecting out of the ground; sometimes used as a hiding place; ≈ associated with security
NUM 20:8 · NUM 20:8 · NUM 20:10 · NUM 20:10 · NUM 20:11 · NUM 24:21 · DEU 32:13 · JDG 6:20 · JDG 15:8 · JDG 15:11 · JDG 15:13 · JDG 20:45 · JDG 20:47 · JDG 20:47 · JDG 21:13 · 1SA 13:6 · 1SA 14:4 · 1SA 14:4 · 1SA 23:25 · 1KI 19:11 · 2CH 25:12 · 2CH 25:12 · NEH 9:15 · JOB 39:1 · JOB 39:28 · JOB 39:28 · PSA 40:3 · PSA 71:3 · PSA 78:16 · PSA 104:18 · PSA 137:9 · PSA 141:6 · PRO 30:26 · SNG 2:14 · ISA 2:21 · ISA 7:19 · ISA 22:16 · ISA 32:2 · ISA 33:16 · ISA 57:5 · JER 5:3 · JER 13:4 · JER 16:16 · JER 23:29 · JER 48:28 · JER 49:16 · JER 51:25 · EZK 24:7 · EZK 24:8 · EZK 26:4 · EZK 26:14 · AMO 6:12 · OBA 1:3
Officials | Leaders | ≈ שַׂר
rock > leader literally: (a person as someone's rock); hence: = someone in a position of authority
name
noun m
Names of Landforms
Collocation: סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקֹות
Rock of Separation = a rock in the Judean Desert, where Saul stopped pursuing David after having received a message that the Philistines were raiding the land
1 PSA 141:6 MT LXX VUL NIV NJPS NJB GNT CEV ESV | RSV NRSV move this word to vs. 7
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
סֶ֫לַע 61 n.m. crag, cliff base