Lexicon :: Strong's H5553 - selaʿ

סֶלַע

Transliteration

selaʿ

Pronunciation

seh'-lah

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From an unused root meaning to be lofty

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1508a

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H5553: Abbreviations

I. סֶ֫לַע ₆₁ noun masculine^{Judges 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

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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)

Num 20:8

Num 20:8 - Take^H3947 the rod,^H4294 and gather^H6950 thou the assembly^H5712 together, thou, and Aaron^H175 thy brother,^H251 and speak^H1696 ye unto 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 of the rock:^H5553 so thou shalt give^H8248 ➔ the congregation^H5712 and their beasts^H1165 drink.^H8248

Num 20:10

Num 20:10 - And Moses^H4872 and Aaron^H175 gathered^H6950 the congregation^H6951 together before^H6440 the rock,^H5553 and he said^H559 unto them, Hear^H8085 now, ye rebels;^H4784 must we fetch^H3318 you water^H4325 out of this rock?^H5553

Num 20:11

Num 20:11 - And Moses^H4872 lifted up^H7311 his hand,^H3027 and with his rod^H4294 he smote^H5221 the rock^H5553 twice:^H6471 and the water^H4325 came out^H3318 abundantly,^H7227 and the congregation^H5712 drank,^H8354 and their beasts^H1165 also.

Num 24:21

Num 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

Deu 32:13

Deu 32:13 - He made him ride^H7392 on 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

Jdg 1:36

Jdg 1:36 - And the coast^H1366 of the Amorites^H567 was from the going up^H4608 to Akrabbim,^H4610 from the rock,^H5553 and upward.^H4605

Jdg 6:20

Jdg 6:20 - And the angel^H4397 of God^H430 said^H559 unto him, Take^H3947 the flesh^H1320 and the unleavened cakes,^H4682 and lay^H3240 them upon this^H1975 rock,^H5553 and pour out^H8210 the broth.^H4839 And he did^H6213 so.

Jdg 15:8

Jdg 15:8 - And he smote^H5221 them hip^H7785 and^H5921 thigh^H3409 with a great^H1419 slaughter:^H4347 and he went down^H3381 and dwelt^H3427 in the top^H5585 of the rock^H5553 Etam.^H5862

Jdg 15:11

Jdg 15:11 - Then three^H7969 thousand^H505 men^H376 of Judah^H3063 went^H3381 to the top^H5585 of the rock^H5553 Etam,^H5862 and said^H559 to Samson,^H8123 Knowest^H3045 thou not that the Philistines^H6430 are rulers^H4910 over us? what is this that thou hast done^H6213 unto us? And he said^H559 unto them, As they did^H6213 unto me, so have I done^H6213 unto them.

Jdg 15:13

Jdg 15:13 - And they spake^H559 unto him, saying,^H559 No; but we will bind^H631 thee fast,^H631 and deliver^H5414 thee into their hand:^H3027 but surely^H4191 we will not kill^H4191 thee. And they bound^H631 him with two^H8147 new^H2319 cords,^H5688 and brought him up^H5927 from the rock.^H5553

Jdg 20:45

Jdg 20:45 - And they turned^H6437 and fled^H5127 toward the wilderness^H4057 unto the rock^H5553 of Rimmon:^H7417 and they gleaned^H5953 of them in the highways^H4546 five^H2568 thousand^H505 men;^H376 and pursued^H1692 hard after^H310 them unto Gidom,^H1440 and slew^H5221 two thousand^H505 men^H376 of them.

Jdg 20:47

Jdg 20:47 - But six^H8337 hundred^H3967 men^H376 turned^H6437 and fled^H5127 to the wilderness^H4057 unto the rock^H5553 Rimmon,^H7417 and abode^H3427 in the rock^H5553 Rimmon^H7417 four^H702 months.^H2320

Jdg 21:13

Jdg 21:13 - And the whole congregation^H5712 sent^H7971 some to speak^H1696 to the children^H1121 of Benjamin^H1144 that were in the rock^H5553 Rimmon,^H7417 and to call^H7121 peaceably^H7965 unto them.

1Sa 13:6

1Sa 13:6 - When the men^H376 of Israel^H3478 saw^H7200 that they were in a strait,^H6887 (for the people^H5971 were distressed,)^H5065 then the people^H5971 did hide^H2244 themselves in caves,^H4631 and in thickets,^H2337 and in rocks,^H5553 and in high places,^H6877 and in pits.^H953

1Sa 14:4

1Sa 14:4 - And between the passages,^H4569 by which Jonathan^H3129 sought^H1245 to go over^H5674 unto the Philistines'^H6430 garrison,^H4673 there was a sharp^H8127 rock^H5553 on the one side,^H5676 and a sharp^H8127 rock^H5553 on the other side:^H5676 and the name^H8034 of the one^H259 was Bozez,^H949 and the name^H8034 of the other^H259 Seneh.^H5573

1Sa 23:25

1Sa 23:25 - Saul^H7586 also and his men^H582 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 Saul^H7586 heard^H8085 that, he pursued^H7291 after^H310 David^H1732 in the wilderness^H4057 of Maon.^H4584

2Sa 22:2

2Sa 22:2 - And he said,^H559 The LORD^H3068 is my rock,^H5553 and my fortress,^H4686 and my deliverer;^H6403

1Ki 19:11

1Ki 19:11 - And he said,^H559 Go forth,^H3318 and stand^H5975 upon the mount^H2022 before^H6440 the LORD.^H3068 And, behold, the LORD^H3068 passed by,^H5674 and a 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 in the wind:^H7307 and after^H310 the wind^H7307 an earthquake;^H7494 but the LORD^H3068 was not in the earthquake:^H7494

2Ch 25:12

2Ch 25:12 - And other ten^H6235 thousand^H505 left alive^H2416 did the children^H1121 of Judah^H3063 carry away captive,^H7617 and brought^H935 them unto the top^H7218 of the rock,^H5553 and cast them down^H7993 from the top^H7218 of the rock,^H5553 that they all were broken in pieces.^H1234

Neh 9:15

Neh 9:15 - And gavest^H5414 them bread^H3899 from heaven^H8064 for their hunger,^H7458 and 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 thou hadst sworn^H3027^H5375 to give^H5414 them.

Job 39:1

Job 39:1 - Knowest^H3045 thou the time^H6256 when the wild goats^H3277 of the rock^H5553 bring forth?^H3205 or canst thou mark^H8104 when the hinds^H355 do calve?^H2342

Job 39:28

Job 39:28 - She dwelleth^H7931 and abideth^H3885 on the rock,^H5553 upon the crag^H8127 of the rock,^H5553 and the strong place.^H4686

Psa 18:2

Psa 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

Psa 31:3

Psa 31:3 - For thou art my rock^H5553 and my fortress;^H4686 therefore for thy name's^H8034 sake lead^H5148 me, and guide^H5095 me.

Psa 40:2

Psa 40:2 - He brought me up^H5927 also out of an horrible^H7588 pit,^H953 out of the miry^H3121 clay,^H2916 and set^H6965 my feet^H7272 upon a rock,^H5553 and established^H3559 my goings.^H838

Psa 42:9

Psa 42:9 - I will say^H559 unto God^H410 my rock,^H5553 Why hast thou forgotten^H7911 me? why go^H3212 I mourning^H6937 because of the oppression^H3906 of the enemy?^H341

Psa 71:3

Psa 71:3 - Be thou my strong^H6697 habitation,^H4583 whereunto I may continually^H8548 resort:^H935 thou hast given commandment^H6680 to save^H3467 me; for thou art my rock^H5553 and my fortress.^H4686

Psa 78:16

Psa 78:16 - He brought^H3318 streams^H5140 also out of the rock,^H5553 and caused waters^H4325 to run down^H3381 like rivers.^H5104

Psa 104:18

Psa 104:18 - The high^H1364 hills^H2022 are a refuge^H4268 for the wild goats;^H3277 and the rocks^H5553 for the conies.^H8227

Psa 137:9

Psa 137:9 - Happy^H835 shall he be, that taketh^H270 and dasheth^H5310 thy little ones^H5768 against the stones.^H5553

Psa 141:6

Psa 141:6 - When their judges^H8199 are overthrown^H8058 in stony^H5553 places,^H3027 they shall hear^H8085 my words;^H561 for they are sweet.^H5276

Pro 30:26

Pro 30:26 - The conies^H8227 are but a feeble^H6099 folk,^H5971 yet make^H7760 they their houses^H1004 in the rocks;^H5553

Sng 2:14

Sng 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 sweet^H6156 is thy voice,^H6963 and thy countenance^H4758 is comely.^H5000

Isa 2:21

Isa 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

Isa 7:19

Isa 7:19 - And they shall come,^H935 and shall rest^H5117 all of them in the desolate^H1327 valleys,^H5158 and in the holes^H5357 of the rocks,^H5553 and upon all thorns,^H5285 and upon all bushes.^H5097

Isa 22:16

Isa 22:16 - What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out^H2672 a sepulchre^H6913 here,^H6311 as he that heweth him out^H2672 a sepulchre^H6913 on high,^H4791 and that graveth^H2710 an habitation^H4908 for himself in a rock?^H5553

Isa 31:9

Isa 31:9 - And he shall pass over^H5674 to his strong hold^H5553 for fear,^H4032 and his princes^H8269 shall be afraid^H2865 of the ensign,^H5251 saith^H5002 the LORD,^H3068 whose fire^H217 is in Zion,^H6726 and his furnace^H8574 in Jerusalem.^H3389

Isa 32:2

Isa 32:2 - And a man^H376 shall be 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 great^H3515 rock^H5553 in a weary^H5889 land.^H776

Isa 33:16

Isa 33:16 - He 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; his waters^H4325 shall be sure.^H539

Isa 57:5

Isa 57:5 - Enflaming^H2552 yourselves with idols^H410 under every green^H7488 tree,^H6086 slaying^H7819 the children^H3206 in the valleys^H5158 under the clifts^H5585 of the rocks?^H5553

Jer 5:3

Jer 5:3 - O LORD,^H3068 are not thine eyes^H5869 upon the truth?^H530 thou hast stricken^H5221 them, but they have not grieved;^H2342 thou hast consumed^H3615 them, but they have refused^H3985 to receive^H3947 correction:^H4148 they have made their faces^H6440 harder^H2388 than a rock;^H5553 they have refused^H3985 to return.^H7725

Jer 13:4

Jer 13:4 - Take^H3947 the girdle^H232 that thou hast got,^H7069 which is upon thy loins,^H4975 and arise,^H6965 go^H3212 to Euphrates,^H6578 and hide^H2934 it there in a hole^H5357 of the rock.^H5553

Jer 16:16

Jer 16:16 - Behold, I will send^H7971 for many^H7227 fishers,^H1771^H1728 saith^H5002 the LORD,^H3068 and they shall fish^H1770 them; and after^H310 will I send^H7971 for many^H7227 hunters,^H6719 and they shall hunt^H6679 them from every mountain,^H2022 and from every hill,^H1389 and out of the holes^H5357 of the rocks.^H5553

Jer 23:29

Jer 23:29 - Is not 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

Jer 48:28

Jer 48:28 - O ye that dwell^H3427 in Moab,^H4124 leave^H5800 the cities,^H5892 and dwell^H7931 in the rock,^H5553 and be like the dove^H3123 that maketh her nest^H7077 in the sides^H5676 of the hole's^H6354 mouth.^H6310

Jer 49:16

Jer 49:16 - Thy terribleness^H8606 hath deceived^H5377 thee, 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 thou shouldest make thy nest^H7064 as high^H1361 as the eagle,^H5404 I will bring thee down^H3381 from thence, saith^H5002 the LORD.^H3068

Jer 51:25

Jer 51:25 - Behold, I am against thee, O destroying^H4889 mountain,^H2022 saith^H5002 the LORD,^H3068 which destroyest^H7843 all the earth:^H776 and I will stretch out^H5186 mine hand^H3027 upon thee, and roll thee down^H1556 from the rocks,^H5553 and will make^H5414 thee a burnt^H8316 mountain.^H2022

Eze 24:7

Eze 24:7 - For her blood^H1818 is in the midst^H8432 of her; she set^H7760 it upon the top^H6706 of a rock;^H5553 she poured^H8210 it not upon the ground,^H776 to cover^H3680 it with dust;^H6083

Eze 24:8

Eze 24:8 - That it might cause fury^H2534 to come up^H5927 to take^H5358 vengeance;^H5359 I have set^H5414 her blood^H1818 upon the top^H6706 of a rock,^H5553 that it should not be covered.^H3680

Eze 26:4

Eze 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, and make^H5414 her like the top^H6706 of a rock.^H5553

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