H5554: סֶלַע
Çelaʻ · pronounced seh'-lah · “Sela”
Definition
Sela, the rock-city of Idumaea
KJV translates it as: rock, Sela(-h).
Word origin: the same as H5553 (סֶלַע);
Extended definition
§ Sela = "the rock"
a place in Edom
perhaps an early name for 'Petra'
a place in Edom
perhaps an early name for 'Petra'
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5554 is translated
- sela ×4
Bible verses with H5554 (Çelaʻ)
Çelaʻ appears in 4 verses.
- Judges 1:36
And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
- 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.
- Isaiah 16:1
Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
- Isaiah 42:11
Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.