Quick Definition
Rock of Escape
Biblical Persons & Places
Rock_of_Escape
Rock of Escape= near Maon (Maon@Jos.15.55-1Sa=H4584G)
A location near Maon only mentioned at 1Sa.23.28;
only referred to as Rock of Escape (סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת).
Strong's Definition
Sela-ham-Machlekoth, a place in Palestine
Derivation: from H5553 (סֶלַע) and the plural of H4256 (מַחֲלֹקֶת) with the article interposed; rock of the divisions;
KJV Usage: Sela-hammalekoth.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Sela-hammahlekoth = "the cliff of escapes" or "the cliff of divisions"
1) a rock or cliff in the wilderness of Maon, southeast of Hebron, the scene of an escape of David from Saul
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
§ Sela-hammahlekoth = "the cliff of escapes" or "the cliff of divisions"
a rock or cliff in the wilderness of Maon, southeast of Hebron, the scene of an escape of David from Saul
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת
sela‛ haṁmachleqôth
BDB Definition:
Sela-hammahlekoth = the cliff of escapes or the cliff of divisions
1) a rock or cliff in the wilderness of Maon, southeast of Hebron, the scene of an escape of David from Saul
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
Total KJV Occurrences: 1