Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H5542: סֶלָה

çelâh · pronounced seh'-law · “Selah”

Definition

suspension (of music), i.e. pause

KJV translates it as: Selah.

Word origin: from H5541 (סָלָה);

Extended definition

§ 1) to lift up, exalt
1a) Selah
1a1) a technical musical term probably showing accentuation, pause, interruption

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H5542 is translated

  • selah ×74

Bible verses with H5542 (çelâh)

Çelâh appears in 74 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 9:20

    Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

  • Psalms 20:3

    Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.

  • Psalms 21:2

    Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

  • Psalms 24:6

    This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

  • Psalms 24:10

    Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

  • Psalms 32:4

    For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

  • Psalms 32:5

    I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

  • Psalms 32:7

    Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

  • Psalms 39:5

    Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

  • Psalms 39:11

    When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

  • Psalms 44:8

    In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

  • Psalms 46:3

    Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

  • Psalms 46:7

    The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

  • Psalms 46:11

    The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

  • Psalms 47:4

    He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

  • Psalms 48:8

    As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

  • Psalms 49:13

    This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

  • Psalms 49:15

    But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

All 74 references