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
- Psalms 3:2Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
- Psalms 3:4I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
- Psalms 3:8Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
- Psalms 4:2O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
- Psalms 4:4Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
- Psalms 7:5Let 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.
- Psalms 9:16The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
- Psalms 9:20Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
- Psalms 20:3Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
- Psalms 21:2Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
- Psalms 24:6This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
- Psalms 24:10Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
- Psalms 32:4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
- Psalms 32:5I 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.
- Psalms 32:7Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
- Psalms 39:5Behold, 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.
- Psalms 39:11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
- Psalms 44:8In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
- Psalms 46:3Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
- Psalms 46:7The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.