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H5554 סֶלַע (Çelaʻ) seh'-lah

Hebrew
Noun
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Sela

Biblical Persons & Places

Sela Sela
A location first mentioned at Jdg.1.36; referred to as Sela or Sela (KJV= Selah) or Sela (KJV= "rock") (סֶ֫לַע), or "rock" (NIV= "cliff") (סֶ֫לַע), or Joktheel (יׇקְתְאֵל).

Strong's Definition

Sela, the rock-city of Idumaea

Derivation: the same as H5553 (סֶלַע);

KJV Usage: rock, Sela(-h).

Outline of Biblical Usage

Sela = "the rock"
1) a place in Edom
1a) perhaps an early name for 'Petra'

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

סֶ֫לַע (se.la) — Sela.

§ Sela = "the rock" a place in Edom perhaps an early name for 'Petra'

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

ISA 31:9

Titles | ≈ צוּר

(God as a) Rock literally: (God as one's) Rock; hence: = a title for God as the one who provides protection for his people

2SA 22:2 · PSA 18:3 · PSA 31:4 · PSA 42:10

name

Names of Locations | ≈ יָקְתְּאֵל

Sela = town; ◄ in Edom

JDG 1:36 · 2KI 14:7 · ISA 16:1 · ISA 42:11

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

1SA 23:28

1 PSA 141:6 MT LXX VUL NIV NJPS NJB GNT CEV ESV | RSV NRSV move this word to vs. 7

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

סֶ֫לַע n.pr.loc. in Edom base

Bible Occurrences (4)

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