Selah: meaning of the name
Selah means “the end; a pause.”
Selah in Hebrew and Greek
Selah in Scripture
“Selah” appears in 75 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.
- 2 Kings 14:7
He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
- Psalms 3:2
Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
- Psalms 3:4
I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
- Psalms 3:8
Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
- 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.
- Psalms 4:4
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
- 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.
- 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.