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Hebrew word study

סֶלַעçelaʻ — a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)

Pronounced “seh'-lah”

a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)

Translated in the King James as: (ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.

Appears 58 times in Scripture

Origin: from an unused root meaning to be lofty;

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Where it appears

Numbers — 6×

Numbers 20:8 Numbers 20:10 Numbers 20:11 Numbers 24:21+ 2 more in Numbers

Deuteronomy — 1×

Deuteronomy 32:13

Judges — 8×

Judges 6:20 Judges 15:8 Judges 15:11 Judges 15:13 Judges 20:45 Judges 20:47 Judges 21:13+ 1 more in Judges

1 Samuel — 4×

1 Sam 13:6 1 Sam 14:4 1 Sam 23:25+ 1 more in 1 Samuel

2 Samuel — 1×

1 Kings — 1×

2 Chronicles — 2×

2 Chr 25:12+ 1 more in 2 Chronicles

Nehemiah — 1×

Job — 3×

Job 39:1 Job 39:28+ 1 more in Job

Psalms — 9×

Psalms 18:2 Psalms 31:3 Psalms 40:2 Psalms 42:9 Psalms 71:3 Psalms 78:16 Psalms 104:18 Psalms 137:9 Psalms 141:6

Proverbs — 1×

Song of Solomon — 1×

Isaiah — 7×

Isaiah 2:21 Isaiah 7:19 Isaiah 22:16 Isaiah 31:9 Isaiah 32:2 Isaiah 33:16 Isaiah 57:5

Jeremiah — 7×

Jeremiah 5:3 Jeremiah 13:4 Jeremiah 16:16 Jeremiah 23:29 Jeremiah 48:28 Jeremiah 49:16 Jeremiah 51:25

Ezekiel — 4×

Ezekiel 24:7 Ezekiel 24:8 Ezekiel 26:4 Ezekiel 26:14

Amos — 1×

Obadiah — 1×

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.