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Lexicon :: Strong's H5553 - selaʿ

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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
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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

H5553

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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)

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:8 - “Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:10 - And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock; and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this rock?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:11 - Then Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their animals drank.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:21 - Then he looked on the Kenites, and he took up his oracle and said:

“Firm is your dwelling place,
And your nest is set in the rock;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:13 - “He made him ride in the heights of the earth,
That he might eat the produce of the fields;
He made him draw honey from the rock,
And oil from the flinty rock;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:36 - Now the boundary of the Amorites was from the Ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela, and upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:20 - The Angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And he did so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:8 - So he attacked them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; then he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:11 - Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? What is this you have done to us?” And he said to them, “As they did to me, so I have done to them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:13 - So they spoke to him, saying, “No, but we will tie you securely and deliver you into their hand; but we will surely not kill you.” And they bound him with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:45 - Then they[fn] turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon; and they cut down five thousand of them on the highways. Then they pursued them relentlessly up to Gidom, and killed two thousand of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:47 - But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and they stayed at the rock of Rimmon for four months.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:13 - Then the whole congregation sent word to the children of Benjamin who were at the rock of Rimmon, and announced peace to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:6 - When the men of Israel saw that they were in danger (for the people were distressed), then the people hid in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in holes, and in pits.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:4 - Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on one side and a sharp rock on the other side. And the name of one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:25 - When Saul and his men went to seek him, they told David. Therefore he went down to the rock, and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued David in the Wilderness of Maon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:2 - And he said:[fn]

“The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:11 - Then He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the LORD.” And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:12 - Also the children of Judah took captive ten thousand alive, brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were dashed in pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:15 - You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger,
And brought them water out of the rock for their thirst,
And told them to go in to possess the land
Which You had sworn to give them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:1 - “Do you know the time when the wild mountain goats bear young?
Or can you mark when the deer gives birth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:28 - On the rock it dwells and resides,
On the crag of the rock and the stronghold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:2 - The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
My God, my strength, in whom I will trust;
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:3 - For You are my rock and my fortress;
Therefore, for Your name’s sake,
Lead me and guide me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:2 - He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
Out of the miry clay,
And set my feet upon a rock,
And established my steps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:9 - I will say to God my Rock,
“Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:3 - Be my strong refuge,
To which I may resort continually;
You have given the commandment to save me,
For You are my rock and my fortress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:16 - He also brought streams out of the rock,
And caused waters to run down like rivers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:18 - The high hills are for the wild goats;
The cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:9 - Happy the one who takes and dashes
Your little ones against the rock!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:6 - Their judges are overthrown by the sides of the cliff,
And they hear my words, for they are sweet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:26 - The rock badgers[fn] are a feeble folk,
Yet they make their homes in the crags;

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14 - “O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,
In the secret places of the cliff,
Let me see your face,
Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is sweet,
And your face is lovely.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:21 - To go into the clefts of the rocks,
And into the crags of the rugged rocks,
From the terror of the LORD
And the glory of His majesty,
When He arises to shake the earth mightily.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:19 - They will come, and all of them will rest
In the desolate valleys and in the clefts of the rocks,
And on all thorns and in all pastures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:16 - ‘What have you here, and whom have you here,
That you have hewn a sepulcher here,
As he who hews himself a sepulcher on high,
Who carves a tomb for himself in a rock?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:9 - He shall cross over to his stronghold for fear,
And his princes shall be afraid of the banner,”
Says the LORD,
Whose fire is in Zion
And whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:2 - A man will be as a hiding place from the wind,
And a cover from the tempest,
As rivers of water in a dry place,
As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:16 - He will dwell on high;
His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks;
Bread will be given him,
His water will be sure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:5 - Inflaming yourselves with gods under every green tree,
Slaying the children in the valleys,
Under the clefts of the rocks?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:3 - O LORD, are not Your eyes on the truth?
You have stricken them,
But they have not grieved;
You have consumed them,
But they have refused to receive correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to return.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:4 - “Take the sash that you acquired, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates,[fn] and hide it there in a hole in the rock.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:16 - “Behold, I will send for many fishermen,” says the LORD, “and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:29 - “Is not My word like a fire?” says the LORD,
“And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 - You who dwell in Moab,
Leave the cities and dwell in the rock,
And be like the dove which makes her nest
In the sides of the cave’s mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:16 - Your fierceness has deceived you,
The pride of your heart,
O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
Who hold the height of the hill!
Though you make your nest as high as the eagle,
I will bring you down from there,” says the LORD.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:25 - “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain,
Who destroys all the earth,” says the LORD.
“And I will stretch out My hand against you,
Roll you down from the rocks,
And make you a burnt mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:7 - For her blood is in her midst;
She set it on top of a rock;
She did not pour it on the ground,
To cover it with dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:8 - That it may raise up fury and take vengeance,
I have set her blood on top of a rock,
That it may not be covered.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4 - ‘And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.

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