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Lexicon :: Strong's H5459 - sᵊḡullâ

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סְגֻלָּה
Transliteration
sᵊḡullâ
Pronunciation
seg-ool-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun passive participle
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to shut up
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TWOT Reference: 1460a

Strong’s Definitions

סְגֻלָּה çᵉgullâh, seg-ool-law'; feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to shut up; wealth (as closely shut up):—jewel, peculiar (treasure), proper good, special.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H5459 in the following manner: peculiar treasure (3x), peculiar (2x), special (1x), jewel (1x), particular treasure (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H5459 in the following manner: peculiar treasure (3x), peculiar (2x), special (1x), jewel (1x), particular treasure (1x).

  1. possession, property

    1. valued property, peculiar treasure

    2. treasure

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סְגֻלָּה çᵉgullâh, seg-ool-law'; feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to shut up; wealth (as closely shut up):—jewel, peculiar (treasure), proper good, special.
STRONGS H5459: Abbreviations
† סְגֻלָּה noun feminine possession, property (on formation see BaNB § 95 b Köii. 1, 168); — absolute ס׳ Exodus 19:5 + 5 times; construct סְגֻלַּת Ecclesiastes 2:8; suffix סְגֻלָּתוֺ Psalm 135:4; —
1. valued property, peculiar treasure, which י׳ has chosen (בחר) and taken to himself; always of people of Israel, first Exodus 19:5 (E; Greek Version of the LXX λαὸς περιούσιος = Titus 2:14; 1 Peter 2:9 λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν = περιποίησις Ephesians 1:14 compare BrMP 102; MA 52, 235); then עַם ס׳ Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 14:2; Deuteronomy 26:18; later ס׳ alone, Malachi 3:17; Psalm 135:4.
2. treasure (very late), of kings 1 Chronicles 29:3 (gold and silver), Ecclesiastes 2:8.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

19:5; 19:5

Deuteronomy

7:6; 14:2; 26:18

1 Chronicles

29:3

Psalms

135:4; 135:4

Ecclesiastes

2:8; 2:8

Malachi

3:17

Ephesians

1:14

Titus

2:14

1 Peter

2:9

H5459

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5459 matches the Hebrew סְגֻלָּה (sᵊḡullâ),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:5 - And now if ye will indeed hear my voice, and keep my covenant, ye shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations; for the whole earth is mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:6 - For thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God; and the Lord thy God chose thee to be to him a peculiar people beyond all nations that are upon the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:2 - For thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God, and the Lord thy God has chosen thee to be a peculiar people to himself of all the nations on the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:18 - And the Lord has chosen thee this day that thou shouldest be to him a peculiar people, as he said, to keep his commands;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:3 - And still farther, because I took pleasure in the house of my God, I have gold and silver which I have procured for myself, and, behold, I have given them to the house of my God over and above, beyond what I have prepared for the holy house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:4 - (LXX 134:4) For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:8 - Moreover I collected for myself both silver and gold also, and the peculiar treasures of kings and provinces: I procured me singing men and singing women, and delights of the sons of men, a butler and female cupbearers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:17 - And they shall be [fn]mine, saith the Lord Almighty, in the day which I appoint for a peculiar possession; and I will make choice of them, as a man makes choice of his son that serves him.
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