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Lexicon :: Strong's H5553 - selaʿ

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סֶלַע
Transliteration
selaʿ
Pronunciation
seh'-lah
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be lofty
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TWOT Reference: 1508a

Strong’s Definitions

סֶלַע çelaʻ, seh'-lah; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress):—(ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 60x

The KJV translates Strong's H5553 in the following manner: rock (57x), strong hold (1x), stones (1x), stony (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 60x
The KJV translates Strong's H5553 in the following manner: rock (57x), strong hold (1x), stones (1x), stony (1x).

  1. crag, cliff, rock

    1. crag, cliff

    2. as stronghold of Jehovah, of security (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סֶלַע çelaʻ, seh'-lah; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress):—(ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.
STRONGS H5553: Abbreviations
I. סֶ֫לַע 61 noun masculineJudges 6:20 crag, cliff, synonym צוּר; — absolute ס׳ Judges 6:20 +, סָ֑לַע Numbers 20:10 +; construct סֶ֫לַע 1 Samuel 23:28; suffix סַלְעִי 2 Samuel 22:2 +, סַלְעוֺ Isaiah 31:9; plural סְלָעִים Isaiah 2:21 +; —
1. literally cliff, crag Judges 6:20; Isaiah 2:21; Isaiah 7:19; Amos 6:12; Numbers 20:8 (twice in verse); Numbers 20:10 (twice in verse); Numbers 20:11 (compare Nehemiah 9:15; Psalm 78:16, and contrast the צוּר of Exodus 17:6), Numbers 24:21; Deuteronomy 32:13 (not elsewhere Hexateuch), + 10 times; שֵׁן הַסּ׳ 1 Samuel 14:4 (twice in verse) tooth of the crag, i.e. sharp crag, so Job 39:28; excavated in cliff as place of burial Isaiah 22:16; abode of wild animals, יַעֲלֵיסֿ׳ Isaiah 22:1, compare Psalm 104:18; Proverbs 30:26, of birds Job 39:28; Songs 2:14 (in figurative), compare Jeremiah 48:28, so of Edom Obadiah 3 = Jeremiah 49:16; compare (Numbers 24:21 above and) Isaiah 42:11; particular cliffs are: עֵיטָם ס׳ Judges 15:8, 11 compare Judges 15:13, (הָ)רִמּוֺן ס׳ Judges 20:45, 47 (twice in verse); Judges 21:13 הַמַּחְלְקוֺת ס׳ 1 Samuel 23:28 compare 1 Samuel 23:25; see also II.סֶלַע.
† 2. figurative, especially סַלְעִי of י׳ (only Psalms), Psalm 18:3 = 2 Samuel 22:2; Psalm 31:4; Psalm 42:10; Psalm 71:3; of Assyrian god Isaiah 31:9 (probably; compare צוּר Deuteronomy 32:31, 37); כָּבֵד צֵל ס׳ Isaiah 32:2 (simile of protecting care); figurative of security Psalm 40:3 (feet on cliff), מְצָדוֺת סְלָעִים מִשְׂגַּבּוֺ Isaiah 33:16; symbol of obstinacy חִזְּקוּ פְנֵיהֶם מִסּ׳ Jeremiah 5:3; צְחִיחַ ס׳ (bare cliff, literally glare of [the] cliff), in figure of openness, flagrancy Ezekiel 24:7, 8, of razed city Ezekiel 26:4, 14 (only here Ezekiel); in figure of fall of Babylonian Jeremiah 51:25.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

17:6

Numbers

20:8; 20:10; 20:10; 20:11; 24:21; 24:21

Deuteronomy

32:13; 32:31; 32:37

Judges

6:20; 6:20; 6:20; 15:8; 15:11; 15:13; 20:45; 20:47; 21:13

1 Samuel

14:4; 23:25; 23:28; 23:28

2 Samuel

22:2; 22:2

Nehemiah

9:15

Job

39:28; 39:28

Psalms

18:3; 31:4; 40:3; 42:10; 71:3; 78:16; 104:18

Proverbs

30:26

Song of Songs

2:14

Isaiah

2:21; 2:21; 7:19; 22:1; 22:16; 31:9; 31:9; 32:2; 33:16; 42:11

Jeremiah

5:3; 48:28; 49:16; 51:25

Ezekiel

24:7; 24:8; 26:4; 26:14

Amos

6:12

Obadiah

1:3

H5553

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Strong's Number H5553 matches the Hebrew סֶלַע (selaʿ),
which occurs 59 times in 53 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Num 20:8–Eze 26:4)

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:8 - "Take the staff and assemble the community, you and Aaron your brother, and then speak to the rock before their eyes. It will pour forth its water, and you will bring water out of the rock for them, and so you will give the community and their beasts water to drink."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:10 - Then Moses and Aaron gathered the community together in front of the rock, and he said to them, "Listen, you rebels, must we bring water out of this rock for you?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:11 - Then Moses raised his hand, and struck the rock twice with his staff. And water came out abundantly. So the community drank, and their beasts drank too.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:21 - Then he looked on the Kenites and uttered this oracle: "Your dwelling place seems strong, and your nest is set on a rocky cliff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:13 - He enabled him to travel over the high terrain of the land, and he ate of the produce of the fields. He provided honey for him from the cliffs, and olive oil from the hardest of rocks,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:36 - The border of Amorite territory ran from the Scorpion Ascent to Sela and on up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:20 - God's messenger said to him, "Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock, and pour out the broth." Gideon did as instructed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:8 - He struck them down and defeated them. Then he went down and lived for a time in the cave in the cliff of Etam.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:11 - Three thousand men of Judah went down to the cave in the cliff of Etam and said to Samson, "Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? Why have you done this to us?" He said to them, "I have only done to them what they have done to me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:13 - They said to him, "We promise! We will only take you prisoner and hand you over to them. We promise not to kill you." They tied him up with two brand new ropes and led him up from the cliff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:45 - The rest turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites caught five thousand of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels all the way to Gidom and struck down two thousand more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:47 - Six hundred survivors turned and ran away to the wilderness, to the cliff of Rimmon. They stayed there four months.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:13 - The entire assembly sent messengers to the Benjaminites at the cliff of Rimmon and assured them they would not be harmed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - The men of Israel realized they had a problem because their army was hard pressed. So the army hid in caves, thickets, cliffs, strongholds, and cisterns.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:4 - Now there was a steep cliff on each side of the pass through which Jonathan intended to go to reach the Philistine garrison. One cliff was named Bozez, the other Seneh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:25 - Saul and his men went to look for him. But David was informed and went down to the rock and stayed in the desert of Maon. When Saul heard about it, he pursued David in the desert of Maon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:2 - He said: "The LORD is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:11 - The LORD said, "Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Look, the LORD is ready to pass by." A very powerful wind went before the LORD, digging into the mountain and causing landslides, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the windstorm there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:12 - The men of Judah captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them over. All the captives fell to their death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:15 - You provided bread from heaven for them in their time of hunger, and you brought forth water from the rock for them in their time of thirst. You told them to enter in order to possess the land that you had sworn to give them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:1 - "Are you acquainted with the way the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:28 - It lives on a rock and spends the night there, on a rocky crag and a fortress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:2 - The LORD is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer. My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, and my refuge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:3 - For you are my high ridge and my stronghold; for the sake of your own reputation you lead me and guide me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:2 - He lifted me out of the watery pit, out of the slimy mud. He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:9 - I will pray to God, my high ridge: "Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:3 - Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe! For you are my high ridge and my stronghold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:16 - He caused streams to flow from the rock, and made the water flow like rivers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:18 - The wild goats live in the high mountains; the rock badgers find safety in the cliffs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:9 - How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:6 - They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:26 - rock badgers are creatures with little power, but they make their homes in the crags;

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14 - O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountain crags, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. The Beloved to Her Lover:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:21 - so they themselves can go into the crevices of the rocky cliffs and the openings under the rocky overhangs, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the LORD and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:19 - All of them will come and make their home in the ravines between the cliffs, and in the crevices of the cliffs, in all the thorn bushes, and in all the watering holes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:16 - 'What right do you have to be here? What relatives do you have buried here? Why do you chisel out a tomb for yourself here? He chisels out his burial site in an elevated place, he carves out his tomb on a cliff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:9 - They will surrender their stronghold because of fear; their officers will be afraid of the LORD's battle flag." This is what the LORD says - the one whose fire is in Zion, whose firepot is in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 - Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from a rainstorm; like streams of water in a dry region and like the shade of a large cliff in a parched land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:16 - This is the person who will live in a secure place; he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; he will have food and a constant supply of water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:5 - you who practice ritual sex under the oaks and every green tree, who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:3 - LORD, I know you look for faithfulness. But even when you punish these people, they feel no remorse. Even when you nearly destroy them, they refuse to be corrected. They have become as hardheaded as a rock. They refuse to change their ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:4 - "Take the shorts that you bought and are wearing and go at once to Perath. Bury the shorts there in a crack in the rocks."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:16 - But for now I, the LORD, say: "I will send many enemies who will catch these people like fishermen. After that I will send others who will hunt them out like hunters from all the mountains, all the hills, and the crevices in the rocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:29 - My message is like a fire that purges dross! It is like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces! I, the LORD, so affirm it!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 - Leave your towns, you inhabitants of Moab. Go and live in the cliffs. Be like a dove that makes its nest high on the sides of a ravine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:16 - The terror you inspire in others and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you. You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks; you may occupy the highest places in the hills. But even if you made your home where the eagles nest, I would bring you down from there," says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:25 - The LORD says, "Beware! I am opposed to you, Babylon! You are like a destructive mountain that destroys all the earth. I will unleash my power against you; I will roll you off the cliffs and make you like a burned-out mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:7 - For her blood was in it; she poured it on an exposed rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:8 - To arouse anger, to take vengeance, I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4 - They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock.

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