Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H5554
סֶ֫לַע
se.la · “Sela”
Used 3 times across 2 books
Definition
§ Sela = "the rock"
a place in Edom
perhaps an early name for 'Petra'
Where it appears
2 Kings1
Isaiah2
In the text
2 Kings 14:7He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.Isaiah 16:1Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.Isaiah 42:11Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
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