Strong H6762צֵלַע
Zela
- Transliteration
- tsela‛
- Pronunciation
- tseh'-lah
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
The same as H6761; {Tsela} a place in Palestine: - Zelah.
Meaning of the name
Zelah = "a rib"
Detailed definition
Zela was a city in Benjamin where Saul and his family were buried (Jos.18:28; 2Sa.21:14).
In the biblical story
Zela
A city in Benjamin where Saul's family was buried
Zela was a city in Benjamin where Saul and his family were buried (Jos.18:28; 2Sa.21:14).
In the Bible
Strong H6762 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- zelah2
First verses
- Joshua 18:28And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
- 2 Samuel 21:14And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.