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HebrewH5553Noun (Masculine)

סֶ֫לַע

se.la

48Occurrences
H5553Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)

from an unused root meaning to be lofty;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
The Rock Sela (H5554)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

סֶ֫לַע appears 48 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Isaiah
7
Judges
7
Jeremiah
7
Psalms
5
Ezk
4
Numbers
4
1 Samuel
3
Job
2

Key Passages

1 Kings 19:11BSB

Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.”And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind.After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

Ezk 24:8BSB

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Isaiah 7:19BSB

And they will all come and settlein the steep ravines and clefts of the rocks,in all the thornbushes and watering holes.

Jeremiah 16:16BSB

But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.

Numbers 20:8BSB

“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.