H5459: סְגֻלָּה
çᵉgullâh · pronounced seg-ool-law' · “possession”
Definition
wealth (as closely shut up)
KJV translates it as: jewel, peculiar (treasure), proper good, special.
Word origin: feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to shut up;
Extended definition
1a) valued property, peculiar treasure
1b) treasure
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5459 is translated
- possession ×3
- a possession ×2
- treasure ×1
- his ×1
- treasure of ×1
Bible verses with H5459 (çᵉgullâh)
Çᵉgullâh appears in 8 verses.
- Exodus 19:5
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
- Deuteronomy 7:6
For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 14:2
For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
- Deuteronomy 26:18
And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
- 1 Chronicles 29:3
Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
- Psalms 135:4
For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
- Ecclesiastes 2:8
I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
- Malachi 3:17
And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.