Strong H5542סֶ֫לָה

Selah

Transliteration
selâh
Pronunciation
seh'-law
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

From H5541; suspension (of {music}) that {is} pause: - Selah.

Detailed definition


§ 1) to lift up, exalt
1a) Selah
1a1) a technical musical term probably showing accentuation, pause, interruption

In the biblical story

Selah

A musical or liturgical term of uncertain meaning

Selah is a term frequently used in the Psalms and Habakkuk, likely a musical or liturgical direction, though its precise meaning is uncertain (<ref="Psalm 3:2, 4, 8; Habakkuk 3:3, 9, 13">Psalm 3:2, 4, 8; Habakkuk 3:3, 9, 13</ref>).

In the Bible

Strong H5542 appears in 74 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • selah74

First verses

  1. Psalms 3:2
    Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
  2. Psalms 3:4
    I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
  3. Psalms 3:8
    Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
  4. Psalms 4:2
    O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
  5. Psalms 4:4
    Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
  6. Psalms 7:5
    Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
  7. Psalms 9:16
    The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
  8. Psalms 9:20
    Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
  9. Psalms 20:3
    Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
  10. Psalms 21:2
    Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
  11. Psalms 24:6
    This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
  12. Psalms 24:10
    Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
  13. Psalms 32:4
    For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
  14. Psalms 32:5
    I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
  15. Psalms 32:7
    Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
  16. Psalms 39:5
    Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
  17. Psalms 39:11
    When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
  18. Psalms 44:8
    In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
  19. Psalms 46:3
    Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
  20. Psalms 46:7
    The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
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