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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 staff H4294; and you and your brother H251 Aaron H175 assemble H6950 the congregation H5712 and speak H1696 to the rock H5553 before their eyes H5869, that it shall yield H5414 its water H4325. So you shall bring H3318 water H4325 for them out H3318 of the rock H5553, and have H8248 the congregation H5712 and their livestock H1165 drink H8248.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:10 - and Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 summoned H6950 the assembly H6951 in front H413 H6440 of the rock H5553. And he said H559 to them, “Listen H8085 now H4994, you rebels H4784; shall we bring H3318 water H4325 for you out H3318 of this H2088 rock H5553?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:11 - Then Moses H4872 raised H7311 his hand H3027 and struck H5221 the rock H5553 twice H6471 with his staff H4294; and water H4325 came H3318 out H3318 abundantly H7227, and the congregation H5712 and their livestock H1165 drank H8354.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:21 -

And he looked H7200 at the Kenite H7017, and took H5375 up H5375 his discourse H4912 and said H559,

“Your dwelling H4186 place H4186 is enduring H386,

And your nest H7064 is set H7760 in the cliff H5553.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:13 -

“He had him ride H7392 on the high H1116 places H1116 of the earth H776,

And he ate H398 the produce H8570 of the field H7704;

And He had him suck H3243 honey H1706 from the rock H5553,

And [fn]oil H8081 from the flinty H2496 rock H6697,

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:36 - The border H1366 of the Amorites H567 ran from the ascent H4610 of H4610 Akrabbim H4610, from Sela H5554 and upward H4605.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:20 - And the angel H4397 of God H430 said H559 to him, “Take H3947 the meat H1320 and the unleavened H4682 bread H4682 and lay H5117 them on this H1975 rock H5553, and pour H8210 out H8210 the broth H4839.” And he did H6213 so H3651.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:8 - So he struck H5221 them [fn]ruthlessly H7785 H5921 H3409 with a great H1419 slaughter H4347; and afterward he went H3381 down H3381 and lived H3427 in the cleft H5585 of the rock H5553 of Etam H5862.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:11 - Then three H7969 thousand H505 men H376 of Judah H3063 went H3381 down H3381 to the cleft H5585 of the rock H5553 of Etam H5862 and said H559 to Samson H8123, “Do you not know H3045 that the Philistines H6430 are rulers H4910 over us? What H4100 then is this H2088 that you have done H6213 to us?” And he said H559 to them, “Just H834 as H834 they did H6213 to me, so H3651 I have done H6213 to them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:13 - So they said H559 to [fn]him, “No H3808, but we will bind H631 you tightly H631 and give H5414 you into their hands H3027; but we certainly H4191 will not kill H4191 you.” Then they bound H631 him with two H8147 new H2319 ropes H5688, and brought H5927 him up H5927 from the rock H5553.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:45 - [fn]The rest turned H6437 and fled H5127 toward the wilderness H4057 to the rock H5553 of Rimmon H7417, but they [fn]caught H5953 five H2568 thousand H505 of them on the roads H4546 and overtook H1692 them [fn]at Gidom H1440, and [fn]killed H5221 two H505 thousand H505 of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:47 - But six H8337 hundred H3967 men H376 turned H6437 and fled H5127 toward the wilderness H4057 to the rock H5553 of Rimmon H7417; and they remained H3427 at the rock H5553 of Rimmon H7417 for four H702 months H2320.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:13 -

Then the whole H3605 congregation H5712 sent H7971 word and spoke H1696 to the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 who H834 were at the rock H5553 of Rimmon H7417, and proclaimed H7121 peace H7965 to them.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - When the men H376 of Israel H3478 saw H7200 that they were in trouble H6862 (for the people H5971 were hard-pressed H5065), then the people H5971 kept H2244 themselves hidden H2244 in caves H4631, in crevices H2336, in cliffs H5553, in crypts H6877, and in pits H953.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:4 - Now between H996 the gorges H4569 by which H834 Jonathan H3083 sought H1245 to cross H5674 over H5674 to the Philistines’ H6430 garrison H4673 there was a rocky H5553 crag H8127 on the one H2088 side H5676, and a rocky H5553 crag H8127 on the other H2088 side H5676; 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 - When Saul H7586 and his men H376 went H1980 to seek H1245 him, they informed H5046 David H1732, and he came H3381 down H3381 to the rock H5553 and stayed H3427 in the wilderness H4057 of Maon H4584. And when Saul H7586 heard H8085 about it, he pursued H7291 H310 David H1732 in the wilderness H4057 of Maon H4584.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:2 - He said H559,

“The LORD H3068 is my [fn]rock H5553 and my fortress H4686 and my deliverer H6403;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:11 -

So He said H559, “Go H3318 out H3318 and stand H5975 on the mountain H2022 before H6440 the LORD H3068.” And behold H2009, the LORD H3068 was passing H5674 by H5674! And a great H1419 and powerful H2389 wind H7307 was tearing H6561 out H6561 the mountains H2022 and breaking H7665 the rocks H5553 in H7665 pieces H7665 before H6440 the LORD H3068; but the LORD H3068 was not in the wind H7307. And after H310 the wind H7307 there was an earthquake H7494, but the LORD H3068 was not in the earthquake H7494.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:12 - The sons H1121 of Judah H3063 also captured H7617 ten H6235 thousand H505 alive H2416 and brought H935 them to the top H7218 of the cliff H5553, and threw H7993 them down H7993 from the top H7218 of the cliff H5553 so that they were all H3605 dashed H1234 to H1234 pieces H1234.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:15 -

“You provided H5414 bread H3899 from heaven H8064 for them for their hunger H7458,

You brought H3318 out H3318 water H4325 from a rock H5553 for them for their thirst H6772,

And You told H559 them to enter H935 in order to take H3423 possession H3423 of

The land H776 which H834 You [fn]swore H5375 H3027 to give H5414 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:1 -

“Do you know H3045 the time H6256 the [fn]mountain H3277 H5553 goats H3277 give H3205 birth H3205?

Do you observe H8104 the calving H2342 of the deer H355?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:28 -

“He dwells H7931 and spends H3885 his nights H3885 on the cliff H5553,

On the rocky H5553 cliff H8127, an inaccessible H4686 place H4686.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:2 -

The LORD H3068 is my rock H5553 and my fortress H4686 and my savior H6403,

My God H410, my rock H6697, in whom I take H2620 refuge H2620;

My shield H4043 and the horn H7161 of my salvation H3468, my stronghold H4869.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:3 -

For You are my rock H5553 and my fortress H4686;

For the sake H4616 of Your name H8034 You will lead H5148 me and guide H5095 me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:2 -

He brought H5927 me up H5927 out of the pit H953 of [fn]destruction H7588, out of the mud H3121;

And He set H6965 my feet H7272 on a rock H5553, making H3559 my footsteps H838 firm H3559.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:9 -

I will say H559 to God H410 my rock H5553, “Why H4100 have You forgotten H7911 me?

Why H4100 do I go H1980 about H1980 mourning H6937 [fn]because of the oppression H3906 of the enemy H340?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:3 -

Be to me a rock H6697 of dwelling H4583 to which I may continually H8548 come H935;

You have given H6680 the commandment H6680 to save H3467 me,

For You are my rock H5553 and my fortress H4686.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:16 -

He brought H3318 forth H3318 streams H5140 from the rock H5553

And made waters H4325 run H3381 down H3381 like rivers H5104.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:18 -

The high H1364 mountains H2022 are for the wild H3277 goats H3277;

The cliffs H5553 are a refuge H4268 for the rock H8227 hyrax H8227.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:9 -

Blessed H835 will be one who H7945 seizes H270 and dashes H5310 your children H5768

Against H413 the rock H5553.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:6 -

Their judges H8199 are thrown H8058 down H8058 by the sides H3027 of the rock H5553,

And they hear H8085 my words H561, for they are H5276 pleasant H5276.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:26 -

The rock H8227 hyraxes H8227 are not a mighty H6099 people H5971,

Yet they make H7760 their houses H1004 in the rocks H5553;

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14 -

The Groom

“My dove H3123, in the clefts H2288 of the [fn]rock H5553,

In the hiding H5643 place H5643 of the mountain H4095 pathway H4095,

Let me see H7200 [fn]how H4758 you look H4758,

Let me hear H8085 your voice H6963;

For your voice H6963 is pleasant H6156,

And [fn]you look H4758 delightful H5000.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:21 -

In order to go H935 into the clefts H5366 of the rocks H6697 and the crannies H5585 of the cliffs H5553

Before H4480 H6440 the terror H6343 of the LORD H3068 and the splendor H1926 of His majesty H1347,

When He arises H6965 to terrify H6206 the earth H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:19 - They will all H3605 come H935 and settle H5117 on the steep H1327 [fn]ravines H5158, on the ledges H5357 of the cliffs H5553, on all H3605 the thorn H5285 bushes H5285, and on all H3605 the watering H5097 places H5097.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:16 -

‘What H4100 right do you have here H6311,

And whom H4310 do you have here H6311,

That you have cut H2672 out H2672 a tomb H6913 for yourself here H6311,

You who cut H2672 out H2672 a tomb H6913 on the height H4791,

You who carve H2710 a resting H4908 place H4908 for [fn]yourself in the rock H5553?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:9 -

“His rock H5553 will pass H5674 away H5674 because H4480 of panic H4032,

And his officers H8269 will be terrified H2865 by the flag H5251,”

Declares H5002 the LORD H3068, whose H834 fire H217 is in Zion H6726 and whose furnace H8574 is in Jerusalem H3389.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 -

Each H376 will be like a refuge H4224 from the wind H7307

And a shelter H5643 from the storm H2230,

Like [fn]streams H6388 of water H4325 in a dry H6724 country H6724,

Like the shade H6738 of a [fn]huge H3515 rock H5553 in an exhausted H5889 land H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:16 -

He will dwell H7931 on the heights H4791,

His refuge H4869 will be the [fn]impregnable H4679 rock H5553;

His bread H3899 will be given H5414 him,

His water H4325 will be sure H539.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:5 -

Who inflame H2552 yourselves among the oaks H352,

Under H8478 every H3605 luxuriant H7488 tree H6086,

Who slaughter H7819 the children H3206 in the [fn]ravines H5158,

Under H8478 the clefts H5585 of the rocks H5553?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:3 -

LORD H3068, do Your eyes H5869 not look for honesty H530?

You have struck H5221 them,

But they did not [fn]weaken H2470;

You have consumed H3615 them,

But they refused H3985 to accept H3947 discipline H4148.

They have made H2388 their faces H6440 harder H2388 than H4480 rock H5553;

They have refused H3985 to repent H7725.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:4 - “Take H3947 the undergarment H232 that you bought H7069, which H834 is around H5921 your waist H4975, and arise H6965, go H1980 to the Euphrates H6578 and hide H2934 it there H8033 in a crevice H5357 of the rock H5553.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:16 -

“Behold H2009, I am going to send H7971 for many H7227 fishermen H1728,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068, “and they will fish H1770 for them; and afterward H310 H3651 I will send H7971 for many H7227 hunters H6719, and they will hunt H6679 them from every H3605 mountain H2022 and every H3605 hill H1389 and from the clefts H5357 of the rocks H5553.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:29 - “Is My word H1697 not like fire H784?” declares H5002 the LORD H3068, “and like a hammer H6360 which shatters H6327 a rock H5553?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 -

“Leave H5800 the cities H5892 and live H7931 among the rocky H5553 cliffs H5553,

You inhabitants H3427 of Moab H4124,

And be like a dove H3123 that nests H7077

Beyond H5676 the mouth H6310 of the chasm H6354.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:16 -

“As for the terror H8606 you cause H8606,

The arrogance H2087 of your heart H3820 has deceived H5378 you,

You who live H7931 in the clefts H2288 of [fn]the rock H5553,

Who occupy H8610 the height H4791 of the hill H1389.

Though H3588 you make H1361 your nest H7064 as high H1361 as an eagle’s H5404,

I will bring H3381 you down H3381 from there H8033,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:25 -

“Behold H2009, I am against H413 you, mountain H2022 of destruction H4889

That destroys H7843 the whole H3605 earth H776,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068,

“And I will stretch H5186 out H5186 My hand H3027 against H5921 you,

And roll H1556 you down H1556 from the rocky H5553 cliffs H5553,

And I will make H5414 you a burnt H8316 out mountain H2022.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:7 -

“For her blood H1818 is in her midst H8432;

She placed H7760 it on the bare H6706 rock H5553;

She did not pour H8210 it on the ground H776

To cover H3680 it with dust H6083.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:8 -

“So that it may cause wrath H2534 to come H5927 up H5927 to take H5358 vengeance H5359,

I have put H5414 her blood H1818 on the bare H6706 rock H5553,

So that it will not be covered H3680.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4 - ‘They will destroy H7843 the walls H2346 of Tyre H6865 and tear H2040 down H2040 her towers H4026; and I will sweep H5500 her debris H6083 away H5500 from her and make H5414 her a bare H6706 rock H5553.

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