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Lexicon :: Strong's H5553 - selaʿ

Aa
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
Dictionary Aids

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:8 - Take H3947 the rod, H4294 and gather thou H6950 the assembly H5712 together, H6950 thou, H859 and Aaron H175 thy brother, H251 and speak ye H1696 unto H413 the rock H5553 before their eyes; H5869 and it shall give forth H5414 his water, H4325 and thou shalt bring forth H3318 to them water H4325 out H4480 of the rock: H5553 so thou shalt give H8248 the congregation H5712 and H853 their beasts H1165 drink. H8248
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:10 - And H6950 Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 gathered H6950 the congregation H6951 together H6950 before H413 H6440 the rock, H5553 and he said H559 unto them, Hear H8085 now, H4994 ye rebels; H4784 must H4480 we fetch H3318 you water H4325 out H4480 of H5553 this H2088 rock?  H5553
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:11 - And H7311 Moses H4872 lifted up H7311 his hand, H3027 and H5221 with his rod H4294 he smote H5221 the rock H5553 twice: H6471 and H3318 the water H4325 came out H3318 abundantly, H7227 and H8354 the congregation H5712 drank, H8354 and their beasts H1165 also.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:21 - And he looked H7200 on the Kenites, H7017 and took up H5375 his parable, H4912 and said, H559 Strong H386 is thy dwellingplace, H4186 and thou puttest H7760 thy nest H7064 in a rock. H5553
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:13 - He made him ride H7392 on H5921 the high places H1116 of the earth, H776 that he might eat H398 the increase H8570 of the fields; H7704 and he made him to suck H3243 honey H1706 out of the rock, H5553 and oil H8081 out of the flinty H2496 rock; H6697
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:36 - And the coast H1366 of the Amorites H567 was from the going up H4610 to Akrabbim, H4610 from the rock, H5553 and upward. H4605
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:20 - And H559 the angel H4397 of God H430 said H559 unto him, H413 Take H3947 the flesh H1320 and H853 the unleavened cakes, H4682 and lay H3240 them upon H413 this H1975 rock, H5553 and H853 pour out H8210 the broth. H4839 And he did H6213 so. H3651
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:8 - And he smote H5221 them H853 hip H7785 and H5921 thigh H3409 with a H4347 great H1419 slaughter: H4347 and he went down H3381 and dwelt H3427 in the top H5585 of the rock H5553 Etam. H5862
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:11 - Then H3381 three H7969 thousand H505 men H376 of Judah H3063 went H3381 to H413 the top H5585 of the rock H5553 Etam, H5862 and said H559 to Samson, H8123 Knowest thou H3045 not H3808 that H3588 the Philistines H6430 are rulers H4910 over us? what H4100 is this H2063 that thou hast done H6213 unto us? And he said H559 unto them, As H834 they did H6213 unto me, H589 so H3651 have I done H6213 unto them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:13 - And they spake H559 unto him, saying, H559 No; H3808 but H3588 we will bind thee H631 fast, H631 and deliver thee H5414 into their hand: H3027 but surely H4191 we will H4191 not H3808 kill thee. H4191 And they bound him H631 with two H8147 new H2319 cords, H5688 and brought him up H5927 from H4480 the rock. H5553
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:45 - And they turned H6437 and fled H5127 toward the wilderness H4057 unto H413 the rock H5553 of Rimmon: H7417 and they gleaned of them H5953 in the highways H4546 five H2568 thousand H505 men; H376 and pursued hard H1692 after them H310 unto H5704 Gidom, H1440 and slew H5221 two thousand H505 men H376 of them. H4480
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:47 - But H6437 six H8337 hundred H3967 men H376 turned H6437 and fled H5127 to the wilderness H4057 unto H413 the H7417 rock H5553 Rimmon, H7417 and abode H3427 in the rock H5553 Rimmon H7417 four H702 months. H2320
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:13 - And H7971 the H5712 whole H3605 congregation H5712 sent H7971 some to speak H1696 to H413 the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 that H834 were in the rock H5553 Rimmon, H7417 and to call H7121 peaceably H7965 unto them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - When the men H376 of Israel H3478 saw H7200 that H3588 they were in a strait, H6862 (for H3588 the people H5971 were distressed,) H5065 then H2244 the people H5971 did hide themselves H2244 in caves, H4631 and in thickets, H2337 and in rocks, H5553 and in high places, H6877 and in pits. H953
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:4 - And between H996 the passages, H4569 by which H834 Jonathan H3129 sought H1245 to go over H5674 unto H5921 the Philistines' H6430 garrison, H4673 there was a sharp H8127 rock H5553 on the one side, H5676 H2088 and a sharp H8127 rock H5553 on the other side: H5676 H2088 and the name H8034 of the one H259 was Bozez, H949 and the name H8034 of the other H259 Seneh. H5573
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:25 - Saul H7586 also H3212 and his men H376 went H3212 to seek H1245 him. And they told H5046 David: H1732 wherefore he came down H3381 into a rock, H5553 and abode H3427 in the wilderness H4057 of Maon. H4584 And when H8085 Saul H7586 heard H8085 that, he pursued H7291 after H310 David H1732 in the wilderness H4057 of Maon. H4584
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:2 - And he said, H559 The LORD H3068 is my rock, H5553 and my fortress, H4686 and H6403 my H589 deliverer; H6403
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:11 - And he said, H559 Go forth, H3318 and stand H5975 upon the mount H2022 before H6440 the LORD. H3068 And, behold, H2009 the LORD H3068 passed by, H5674 and a H7307 great H1419 and strong H2389 wind H7307 rent H6561 the mountains, H2022 and brake in pieces H7665 the rocks H5553 before H6440 the LORD; H3068 but the LORD H3068 was not H3808 in the wind: H7307 and after H310 the wind H7307 an earthquake; H7494 but the LORD H3068 was not H3808 in the earthquake: H7494
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:12 - And other ten H6235 thousand H505 left alive H2416 did H7617 the children H1121 of Judah H3063 carry away captive, H7617 and brought them H935 unto the top H7218 of the rock, H5553 and cast them down H7993 from the top H7218 of the rock, H5553 that they all H3605 were broken in pieces. H1234
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:15 - And H3899 gavest H5414 them bread H3899 from heaven H8064 for their hunger, H7458 and H4325 broughtest forth H3318 water H4325 for them out of the rock H5553 for their thirst, H6772 and promisedst H559 them that they should go in H935 to possess H3423 the land H776 which H834 thou hadst sworn H5375 H853 H3027 to give H5414 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:1 - Knowest thou H3045 the time H6256 when H3205 the wild goats H3277 of the rock H5553 bring forth? H3205 or canst thou mark H8104 when H2342 the hinds H355 do calve? H2342
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:28 - She dwelleth H7931 and abideth H3885 on the rock, H5553 upon H5921 the crag H8127 of the rock, H5553 and the strong place. H4686
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:2 - The LORD H3068 is my rock, H5553 and my fortress, H4686 and my deliverer; H6403 my God, H410 my strength, H6697 in whom I will trust; H2620 my buckler, H4043 and the horn H7161 of my salvation, H3468 and my high tower. H4869
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:3 - For H3588 thou H859 art my rock H5553 and my fortress; H4686 therefore for H4616 thy name's H8034 sake H4616 lead me, H5148 and guide me. H5095
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:2 - He brought me up also H5927 out of an H953 horrible H7588 pit, H953 out of H2916 the miry H3121 clay, H2916 and set H6965 my feet H7272 upon H5921 a rock, H5553 and established H3559 my goings. H838
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:9 - I will say H559 unto God H410 my rock, H5553 Why H4100 hast thou forgotten me? H7911 why H4100 go I H3212 mourning H6937 because of the oppression H3906 of the enemy? H341
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:3 - Be thou H1961 my H589 strong H6697 habitation, H4583 whereunto I may H935 continually H8548 resort: H935 thou hast given commandment H6680 to save me; H3467 for H3588 thou H859 art my rock H5553 and my fortress. H4686
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:16 - He brought H3318 streams H5140 also H3318 out of the rock, H5553 and caused H3381 waters H4325 to run down H3381 like rivers. H5104
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:18 - The H2022 high H1364 hills H2022 are a refuge H4268 for the wild goats; H3277 and the rocks H5553 for the conies. H8227
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:9 - Happy H835 shall he be, that taketh H270 and dasheth H5310 thy little ones H5768 against H413 the stones. H5553
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:6 - When H8058 their judges H8199 are overthrown H8058 in H3027 stony H5553 places, H3027 they shall hear H8085 my words; H561 for H3588 they are sweet. H5276
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:26 - The conies H8227 are but a H5971 feeble H3808 H6099 folk, H5971 yet make they H7760 their houses H1004 in the rocks; H5553
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14 - O my dove, H3123 that art in the clefts H2288 of the rock, H5553 in the secret H5643 places of the stairs, H4095 let me see H7200 thy countenance, H4758 let me hear H8085 thy voice; H6963 for H3588 sweet H6156 is thy voice, H6963 and thy countenance H4758 is comely. H5000
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:21 - To go H935 into the clefts H5366 of the rocks, H6697 and into the tops H5585 of the ragged rocks, H5553 for H6440 fear H6343 of the LORD, H3068 and for the glory H1926 of his majesty, H1347 when he ariseth H6965 to shake terribly H6206 the earth. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:19 - And they shall come, H935 and shall rest H5117 all of them H3605 in H5158 the desolate H1327 valleys, H5158 and in the holes H5357 of the rocks, H5553 and upon all H3605 thorns, H5285 and upon all H3605 bushes. H5097
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:16 - What H4100 hast thou here? H6311 and whom H4310 hast thou here, H6311 that H3588 thou hast hewed H2672 thee out H2672 a sepulchre H6913 here, H6311 as he that heweth H2672 him H6913 out H2672 a sepulchre H6913 on high, H4791 and that graveth H2710 an habitation H4908 for himself in a rock? H5553
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:9 - And H5553 he shall pass over H5674 to his strong hold  H5553 for fear, H4032 and H2865 his princes H8269 shall be afraid H2865 of the ensign, H5251 saith H5002 the LORD, H3068 whose H834 fire H217 is in Zion, H6726 and H8574 his furnace H8574 in Jerusalem. H3389
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 - And H1961 a man H376 shall be H1961 as an hiding place H4224 from the wind, H7307 and a covert H5643 from the tempest; H2230 as rivers H6388 of water H4325 in a dry place, H6724 as the shadow H6738 of a H5553 great H3515 rock  H5553 in a H776 weary H5889 land. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:16 - He H1931 shall dwell H7931 on high: H4791 his place of defence H4869 shall be the munitions H4679 of rocks: H5553 bread H3899 shall be given H5414 him; H3899 his waters H4325 shall be sure. H539
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:5 - Enflaming yourselves H2552 with idols H410 under H8478 every H3605 green H7488 tree, H6086 slaying H7819 the children H3206 in the valleys H5158 under H8478 the clifts H5585 of the rocks? H5553
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:3 - O LORD, H3068 are not H3808 thine eyes H5869 upon the truth? H530 thou hast stricken H5221 them, H853 but H3808 they have H2342 not H3808 grieved; H2342 thou hast consumed them, H3615 but they have refused H3985 to receive H3947 correction: H4148 they have made H2388 their faces H6440 harder H2388 than a rock; H5553 they have refused H3985 to return. H7725
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:4 - Take H3947 the girdle H232 that H834 thou hast got, H7069 which H834 is upon H5921 thy loins, H4975 and arise, H6965 go H3212 to Euphrates, H6578 and hide it H2934 there H8033 in a hole H5357 of the rock. H5553
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:16 - Behold, I H2005 will send H7971 for H1771 many H7227 fishers, H1771 saith H5002 the LORD, H3068 and they shall fish them; H1770 and after H310 will I send H7971 H3651 for many H7227 hunters, H6719 and they shall hunt them H6679 from H5921 every H3605 mountain, H2022 and from H5921 every H3605 hill, H1389 and out of the holes H5357 of the rocks. H5553
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:29 - Is not H3808 my word H1697 like H3541 as a fire? H784 saith H5002 the LORD; H3068 and like a hammer H6360 that breaketh H6327 the rock H5553 in pieces? H6327
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 - O ye that dwell in H3427 Moab, H4124 leave H5800 the cities, H5892 and dwell H7931 in the rock, H5553 and be H1961 like the dove H3123 that maketh her nest H7077 in the sides H5676 of the H6310 hole's H6354 mouth. H6310
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:16 - Thy terribleness H8606 hath deceived H5377 thee, H853 and the pride H2087 of thine heart, H3820 O thou that dwellest H7931 in the clefts H2288 of the rock, H5553 that holdest H8610 the height H4791 of the hill: H1389 though H3588 thou shouldest make H1361 thy nest H7064 as high H1361 as the eagle, H5404 I will bring thee down H3381 from thence, H8033 saith H5002 the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:25 - Behold, I H2005 am against thee, H413 O destroying H4889 mountain, H2022 saith H5002 the LORD, H3068 which destroyest H7843 all H3605 the earth: H776 and I will stretch out H5186 mine hand H3027 upon thee, H5921 and roll thee down H1556 from H4480 the rocks, H5553 and will make thee H5414 a H2022 burnt H8316 mountain. H2022
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:7 - For H3588 her blood H1818 is H1961 in the midst of her; H8432 she set it H7760 upon H5921 the top H6706 of a rock; H5553 she poured it H8210 not H3808 upon H5921 the ground, H776 to cover H3680 it H5921 with dust; H6083
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:8 - That it might cause H5927 fury H2534 to come up H5927 to take H5358 vengeance; H5359 I have set H5414 her blood H1818 upon H5921 the top H6706 of a rock, H5553 that H1115 it should H3680 not H1115 be covered. H3680
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4 - And they shall destroy H7843 the walls H2346 of Tyrus, H6865 and break down H2040 her towers: H4026 I will also scrape H5500 her dust H6083 from her, H4480 and make H5414 her H853 like the top H6706 of a rock. H5553

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