Strong H5555סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת

Rock of Escape

Transliteration: sela‛ hammachleqôth
Pronunciation: seh'-lah ham-makh-lek-oth'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

From H5553 and the plural of H4256 with the article interposed;
rock of the divisions;
Sela ham {Machlekoth} a place in Palestine: - Sela-hammalekoth.

Meaning of the name

Sela-hammahlekoth = "the cliff of escapes" or "the cliff of divisions"

Detailed definition

The Rock of Escape was a place where Saul stopped pursuing David after being called away to fight the Philistines (1 Sa. 23:28).

In the biblical story

Rock of Escape

Place where Saul stopped pursuing David

The Rock of Escape was a place where Saul stopped pursuing David after being called away to fight the Philistines (1 Sa. 23:28).

In the Bible

Strong H5555 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

hammahlekoth1

First verses

1 Samuel 23:28
Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela–hammahlekoth.