Strong H5553H5553Gסֶ֫לַע
rock
One of the 2 senses of Strong H5553
- Transliteration
- sela‛
- Pronunciation
- seh'-lah
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From an unused root meaning to be lofty; a craggy {rock} literally or figuratively (a fortress): - (ragged) {rock} stone ({-ny}) strong hold.
Detailed definition
In the biblical story
Sela
Edomite stronghold captured by King Amaziah of Judah
Sela, also known as rock or Joktheel, was an Edomite stronghold captured by King Amaziah of Judah (2 Ki. 14:7; 2 Chr. 25:12; Isa. 16:1; 42:11; Judg. 1:36).
In the Bible
Strong H5553G appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- rock1
First verses
- 2 Chronicles 25:12And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.