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Lexicon :: Strong's H5554 - selaʿ

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סֶלַע
Transliteration
selaʿ
Pronunciation
seh'-lah
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as סֶלַע (H5553)
Strong’s Definitions

סֶלַע Çelaʻ, seh'-lah; the same as H5553; Sela, the rock-city of Idumaea:—rock, Sela(-h).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H5554 in the following manner: Sela (1x), Selah (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H5554 in the following manner: Sela (1x), Selah (1x).
  1. Sela = "the rock"

    1. a place in Edom

      1. perhaps an early name for 'Petra'

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סֶלַע Çelaʻ, seh'-lah; the same as H5553; Sela, the rock-city of Idumaea:—rock, Sela(-h).
STRONGS H5554: Abbreviations
† II. סֶ֫לַע proper name, of a location in Edom, מֵהַהַסּ׳ Judges 1:36 (strike out מֵ, compare GFM); הַסּ׳ captured in war 2 Kings 14:7 (and called יָקְתְאֵל); מִסּ׳ Isaiah 16:1; site dubious; old identification with Petra denied, plausibly, by BuhlEdom GFMJu, 36 (who thinks of an actual cliff), but held Benz 2 Kings 14:7 BdPal (1898), 206; Greek Version of the LXX ()πέτρα.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

1:36

2 Kings

14:7; 14:7

Isaiah

16:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5554 matches the Hebrew סֶלַע (selaʿ),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:7 - He slew H5221 of Edom H123 in the valley H1516 of salt H4417 ten H6235 thousand, H505 and took H8610 Selah H5554 by war, H4421 and called H7121 the name H8034 of it Joktheel H3371 unto this day. H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:1 - Send H7971 ye the lamb H3733 to the ruler H4910 of the land H776 from Sela H5554 to the wilderness, H4057 unto the mount H2022 of the daughter H1323 of Zion. H6726
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:11 - Let the wilderness H4057 and the cities H5892 thereof lift up H5375 their voice, the villages H2691 that Kedar H6938 doth inhabit: H3427 let the inhabitants H3427 of the rock H5553 sing, H7442 let them shout H6681 from the top H7218 of the mountains. H2022
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