Sela — the meaning of the Hebrew name סֶלַע

סֶלַע

Çelaʻ · pronounced seh'-lah · Strong's H5554 · a place

Sela means Sela, the rock-city of Idumaea.

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סֶלַע çelaʻ (the same as, H5553) — a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress) open in the lexicon ›

the same as H5553; Sela, the rock-city of Idumaea.

2Kgs 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. (KJV)

3 occurrences in 3 verses — 2 Kings, Isaiah

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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