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Original Word:סֶלַע
Part of Speech:Noun Masculine
Transliteration:cela`
Pronunciation:seh'-lah
Phonetic Spelling:(seh'-lah)
Definition:Rock, cliff
Meaning:a craggy rock

Word Origin:From an unused root meaning to be lofty

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: -G4073 (πέτρα, petra): Often used in the New Testament to describe a large rock or bedrock, similar to "sela" in its metaphorical use for strength and stability.

Usage:The Hebrew word "sela" primarily refers to a rock or cliff, often used to describe a large, immovable mass of stone. It conveys the idea of strength, stability, and permanence. In the biblical context, "sela" is frequently used metaphorically to describe God as a refuge and source of protection for His people.

Cultural and Historical Background:In the ancient Near East, rocks and cliffs were significant geographical features that provided natural fortresses and places of refuge. They were often associated with safety and security, especially in the arid and mountainous regions of Israel. The imagery of God as a "rock" would have resonated deeply with the Israelites, who understood the protective and enduring nature of such formations.

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
a crag, cliff
NASB Translation
cliff (4), cliffs (4), crag (2), crags (3), mountain* (1), Rock (1), rock (39), rocks (4), rocky (1), Sela (1).

I.₆₁^{Judges 6:20} , synonym ; — absoluteJudges 6:20 +,Numbers 20:10 +; construct1 Samuel 23:28; suffix2 Samuel 22:2 +,Isaiah 31:9; pluralIsaiah 2:21 +; —

literallycliff, cragJudges 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(compareNehemiah 9:15;Psalm 78:16, and contrast the ofExodus 17:6),Numbers 24:21;Deuteronomy 32:13 (not elsewhere Hexateuch), + 10 t.;1 Samuel 14:4 (twice in verse)tooth of the crag, i.e. sharp crag, soJob 39:28; excavated in cliff as place of burialIsaiah 22:16; abode of wild animals,Isaiah 22:1, comparePsalm 104:18;Proverbs 30:26, of birdsJob 39:28;Songs 2:14 (in figurative), compareJeremiah 48:28, so of Edom Obadiah 3 =Jeremiah 49:16; compare (Numbers 24:21above and)Isaiah 42:11; particular cliffs are:Judges 15:8,11 compareJudges 15:13,Judges 20:45,47 (twice in verse);Judges 21:131 Samuel 23:28 compare1 Samuel 23:25; see also II..

figurative, especially of (only Psalms),Psalm 18:3 =2 Samuel 22:2;Psalm 31:4;Psalm 42:10;Psalm 71:3; of Assyrian godIsaiah 31:9 (probably; compareDeuteronomy 32:31,37);Isaiah 32:2 (simile of protecting care); figurative of securityPsalm 40:3 (feet on cliff),Isaiah 33:16; symbol of obstinacyJeremiah 5:3; (bare cliff, literallyglare of [the]cliff), in figure of openness, flagrancyEzekiel 24:7,8, of razed cityEzekiel 26:4,14 (only here Ezekiel); in figure of fall of BabylonianJeremiah 51:25.

ragged rock, stony, strong hold

From an unused root meaning to be lofty; a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress) -- (ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.

בְּסֶ֣לַע בַּסֶּ֔לַע בַּסֶּ֖לַע בַּסֶּ֙לַע֙ בַסֶּ֖לַע בַסֶּ֣לַע בסלע הַסְּלָעִ֑ים הַסְּלָעִ֔ים הַסְּלָעִֽים׃ הַסֶּ֔לַע הַסֶּ֖לַע הַסֶּ֗לַע הַסֶּ֛לַע הַסֶּ֣לַע הַסֶּ֤לַע הַסֶּ֥לַע הַסָּ֑לַע הַסָּֽלַע׃ הסלע הסלע׃ הסלעים הסלעים׃ וְסַלְעוֹ֙ וּבַסְּלָעִ֔ים ובסלעים וסלעו מִסֶּ֔לַע מִסֶּ֛לַע מִסָּ֑לַע מֵהַסֶּ֖לַע מהסלע מסלע סְ֝לָעִ֗ים סְלָעִ֖ים סְלָעִים֙ סֶ֖לַע סֶ֗לַע סֶ֝֗לַע סֶ֣לַע סֶ֥לַע סֶ֭לַע סֶּ֖לַע סֶֽלַע־ סַֽלְעִ֥י סַלְעִ֖י סַלְעִ֣י סַלְעִי֮ סָ֑לַע סָֽלַע׃ סלע סלע־ סלע׃ סלעי סלעים bas·se·la‘ ḇas·se·la‘ basSela bassela‘ ḇassela‘ bə·se·la‘ beSela bəsela‘ has·sā·la‘ has·se·la‘ has·sə·lā·‘îm hasSala hassāla‘ hasSela hassela‘ hassəlā‘îm hasselaIm mê·has·se·la‘ mehasSela mêhassela‘ mis·sā·la‘ mis·se·la‘ misSala missāla‘ misSela missela‘ sā·la‘ sal‘î sal·‘î Sala sāla‘ salI se·la‘ se·la‘- sə·lā·‘îm Sela sela‘ sela‘- səlā‘îm selaIm ū·ḇas·sə·lā·‘îm ūḇassəlā‘îm uvasselaIm vasSela vesalO wə·sal·‘ōw wəsal‘ōwInterlinear Greek •Interlinear Hebrew •Strong's Numbers •Englishman's Greek Concordance •Englishman's Hebrew Concordance •Parallel Texts

Numbers 20:8
HEB:וְדִבַּרְתֶּ֧ם אֶל־ הַסֶּ֛לַע לְעֵינֵיהֶ֖ם וְנָתַ֣ן
NAS: and speakto the rock before their eyes,
KJV: and speakye unto the rock before their eyes;
INT: and speak tothe rock their eyes may yield

Numbers 20:8
HEB:מַ֙יִם֙ מִן־ הַסֶּ֔לַע וְהִשְׁקִיתָ֥ אֶת־
NAS: waterfor them out of the rock and let the congregation
KJV: to them waterout of the rock: so thou shalt give
INT: water outof the rock drink the congregation

Numbers 20:10
HEB:אֶל־ פְּנֵ֣י הַסָּ֑לַע וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֗ם
NAS: beforethe rock. And he said
KJV: together beforethe rock, and he said
INT: together beforethe rock said Listen

Numbers 20:10
HEB:הַמֹּרִ֔ים הֲמִן־ הַסֶּ֣לַע הַזֶּ֔ה נוֹצִ֥יא
NAS: water for you out of thisrock?
KJV: you waterout of this rock?
INT: rebels atthe rock of this bring

Numbers 20:11
HEB:וַיַּ֧ךְ אֶת־ הַסֶּ֛לַע בְּמַטֵּ֖הוּ פַּעֲמָ֑יִם
NAS: and struckthe rock twice
KJV: he smotethe rock twice:
INT: his hand and struckthe rock his rod twice

Numbers 24:21
HEB:מֽוֹשָׁבֶ֔ךָ וְשִׂ֥ים בַּסֶּ֖לַע קִנֶּֽךָ׃
NAS: And your nest is setin the cliff.
KJV: and thou puttest thy nestin a rock.
INT: your dwelling is setthe cliff and your nest

Deuteronomy 32:13
HEB:וַיֵּנִקֵ֤הֽוּ דְבַשׁ֙ מִסֶּ֔לַע וְשֶׁ֖מֶן מֵחַלְמִ֥ישׁ
NAS: honeyfrom the rock, And oil
KJV: honeyout of the rock, and oil
INT: suck honeythe rock and oil the flinty

Judges 1:36
HEB:מִֽמַּעֲלֵ֖ה עַקְרַבִּ֑ים מֵהַסֶּ֖לַע וָמָֽעְלָה׃ פ
KJV: to Akrabbim,from the rock, and upward.
INT: of the Amorites the ascentthe rock and upward

Judges 6:20
HEB:וְהַנַּח֙ אֶל־ הַסֶּ֣לַע הַלָּ֔ז וְאֶת־
NAS: them on thisrock, and pour
KJV: [them] upon thisrock, and pour out
INT: and lay aboutrock this the broth

Judges 15:8
HEB:וַיֵּ֔שֶׁב בִּסְעִ֖יף סֶ֥לַע עֵיטָֽם׃ ס
NAS: in the cleftof the rock of Etam.
KJV: and dwelt in the topof the rock Etam.
INT: and lived the cleftof the rock of Etam

Judges 15:11
HEB:אֶל־ סְעִיף֮ סֶ֣לַע עֵיטָם֒ וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ
NAS: to the cleftof the rock of Etam
KJV: to the topof the rock Etam,
INT: to the cleftof the rock of Etam and said

Judges 15:13
HEB:וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּהוּ מִן־ הַסָּֽלַע׃
NAS: and broughthim up from the rock.
KJV: and brought him upfrom the rock.
INT: and brought fromthe rock

Judges 20:45
HEB:הַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙ אֶל־ סֶ֣לַע הָֽרִמּ֔וֹן וַיְעֹֽלְלֻ֙הוּ֙
NAS: toward the wildernessto the rock of Rimmon,
KJV: toward the wildernessunto the rock of Rimmon:
INT: the wilderness untothe rock of Rimmon gleaned

Judges 20:47
HEB:הַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙ אֶל־ סֶ֣לַע הָֽרִמּ֔וֹן שֵׁ֥שׁ
NAS: toward the wildernessto the rock of Rimmon,
KJV: to the wildernessunto the rock Rimmon,
INT: the wilderness tothe rock of Rimmon six

Judges 20:47
HEB:אִ֑ישׁ וַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙ בְּסֶ֣לַע רִמּ֔וֹן אַרְבָּעָ֖ה
NAS: and they remainedat the rock of Rimmon
KJV: and abodein the rock Rimmon
INT: men remainedthe rock of Rimmon four

Judges 21:13
HEB:בִנְיָמִ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּסֶ֣לַע רִמּ֑וֹן וַיִּקְרְא֥וּ
NAS: whowere at the rock of Rimmon,
KJV: of Benjaminthat [were] in the rock Rimmon,
INT: of Benjamin whothe rock of Rimmon and proclaimed

1 Samuel 13:6
HEB:בַּמְּעָר֤וֹת וּבַֽחֲוָחִים֙ וּבַסְּלָעִ֔ים וּבַצְּרִחִ֖ים וּבַבֹּרֽוֹת׃
NAS: in thickets,in cliffs, in cellars,
KJV: and in thickets,and in rocks, and in high places,
INT: caves thicketscliffs cellars pits

1 Samuel 14:4
HEB:פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים שֵׁן־ הַסֶּ֤לַע מֵהָעֵ֙בֶר֙ מִזֶּ֔ה
NAS: there was a sharpcrag on the one
KJV: [there was] a sharprock on the one side,
INT: to the Philistines' A sharpcrag side the one

1 Samuel 14:4
HEB:מִזֶּ֔ה וְשֵׁן־ הַסֶּ֥לַע מֵהָעֵ֖בֶר מִזֶּ֑ה
NAS: and a sharpcrag on the other
KJV: and a sharprock on the other side:
INT: the one sharpcrag side the other

1 Samuel 23:25
HEB:לְדָוִ֔ד וַיֵּ֣רֶד הַסֶּ֔לַע וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב בְּמִדְבַּ֣ר
NAS: and he came downto the rock and stayed
KJV: wherefore he came downinto a rock, and abode
INT: David cameto the rock and stayed the wilderness

2 Samuel 22:2
HEB:וַיֹּאמַ֑ר יְהוָ֛ה סַֽלְעִ֥י וּמְצֻדָתִ֖י וּמְפַלְטִי־
NAS: The LORDis my rock and my fortress
KJV: The LORD[is] my rock, and my fortress,
INT: said the LORDis my rock and my fortress and my deliverer

1 Kings 19:11
HEB:הָרִ֨ים וּמְשַׁבֵּ֤ר סְלָעִים֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה
NAS: and breaking in piecesthe rocks before
KJV: and brake in piecesthe rocks before
INT: the mountains and breakingthe rocks before the LORD

2 Chronicles 25:12
HEB:וַיְבִיא֖וּם לְרֹ֣אשׁ הַסָּ֑לַע וַיַּשְׁלִיכ֛וּם מֵֽרֹאשׁ־
NAS: them to the topof the cliff and threw them down
KJV: them unto the topof the rock, and cast them down
INT: and brought to the topof the cliff and threw the top

2 Chronicles 25:12
HEB:וַיַּשְׁלִיכ֛וּם מֵֽרֹאשׁ־ הַסֶּ֖לַע וְכֻלָּ֥ם נִבְקָֽעוּ׃
NAS: from the topof the cliff, so that they were all
KJV: from the topof the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
INT: and threw the topof the cliff were all dashed

Nehemiah 9:15
HEB:לִרְעָבָ֔ם וּמַ֗יִם מִסֶּ֛לַע הוֹצֵ֥אתָ לָהֶ֖ם
NAS: waterfrom a rock for them for their thirst,
KJV: waterfor them out of the rock for their thirst,
INT: their hunger waterA rock brought their thirst

59 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5553
59 Occurrences

bas·se·la‘ — 3 Occ.
bə·se·la‘ — 2 Occ.
has·sā·la‘ — 5 Occ.
has·se·la‘ — 11 Occ.
has·sə·lā·‘îm — 5 Occ.
mê·has·se·la‘ — 1 Occ.
mis·sā·la‘ — 1 Occ.
mis·se·la‘ — 3 Occ.
sā·la‘ — 4 Occ.
sal·‘î — 5 Occ.
se·la‘ — 12 Occ.
sə·lā·‘îm — 3 Occ.
ū·ḇas·sə·lā·‘îm — 1 Occ.
ḇas·se·la‘ — 2 Occ.
wə·sal·‘ōw — 1 Occ.