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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 Box Exo 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:5 - Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:6 - “For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:2 - For you are a people holy to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:18 - And the LORD has declared today that you are a people for his treasured possession, as he has promised you, and that you are to keep all his commandments,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:3 - Moreover, in addition to all that I have provided for the holy house, I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, and because of my devotion to the house of my God I give it to the house of my God:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:4 - For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself,
Israel as his own possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:8 - I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I got singers, both men and women, and many concubines,[fn] the delight of the sons of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:17 - “They shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
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