TBESH · H5553G
סֶ֫לַע · se.la · rock
The Rock Sela (H5554)
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se.la H5553
סֶ֫לַע (se.la) means “rock” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
סֶ֫לַע Hebrew · H5553 58 tagged occurrences in 52 verses
Pronunciation guide: seh'-lah Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
TBESH · H5553H
סֶ֫לַע · se.la · crag
1) crag, cliff, rock 1a) crag, cliff 1b) as stronghold of Jehovah, of security (fig.)
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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)
KJV glosses: (ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.
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How translators render H5553
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| rock | 7 |
| of the rocks | 6 |
| the rock | 6 |
| the cliffs | 3 |
| a rock | 2 |
| among the rocks | 2 |
| are my rock | 2 |
| at the rock | 2 |
| from the rock | 2 |
| is my rock | 2 |
| of the rock | 2 |
| the rocks | 2 |
| a rocky | 1 |
| from the stone | 1 |
| in a cliff | 1 |
| in the cliffs | 1 |
| in the rock | 1 |
| in the rocks | 1 |
| mountain | 1 |
| my rock | 1 |
| of a cliff | 1 |
| on a cliff | 1 |
| on the cliffs | 1 |
| than stone | 1 |
| the mountain | 1 |
| their rock | 1 |
| to the rock | 1 |
| were at the rock | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of the rock | 11 |
| my rock | 5 |
| of a rock | 4 |
| rock | 4 |
| in the rock | 3 |
| of the rocks | 3 |
| the rock | 3 |
| from the rock | 2 |
| out of the rock | 2 |
| the rocks | 2 |
| unto the rock | 2 |
| against the stones | 1 |
| also out of the rock | 1 |
| and in rocks | 1 |
| for himself in a rock | 1 |
| for them out of the rock | 1 |
| from the rocks | 1 |
| in a rock | 1 |
| in stony | 1 |
| in the rocks | 1 |
| into a rock | 1 |
| of rocks | 1 |
| of the ragged rocks | 1 |
| on the rock | 1 |
| out of this rock | 1 |
| than a rock | 1 |
| to his strong hold | 1 |
| upon a rock | 1 |
| upon the rock | 1 |
| ye unto the rock | 1 |
Verses containing H5553
Page 1 of 2. 52 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Numbers 20:8
· BSB · 2 occurrences
“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.”
Read word by word - Numbers 20:10
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”
Read word by word - Numbers 20:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
Read word by word - Numbers 24:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 32:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
Read word by word - Judges 6:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread, lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And Gideon did so.
Read word by word - Judges 15:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.
Read word by word - Judges 15:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied.
Read word by word - Judges 15:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“No,” they answered, “we will not kill you, but we will tie you up securely and hand you over to them.” So they bound him with two new ropes and led him up from the rock.
Read word by word - Judges 20:45
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the Benjamites turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel cut down 5,000 men on the roads. And they overtook them at Gidom and struck down 2,000 more.
Read word by word - Judges 20:47
· BSB · 2 occurrences
But 600 men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months.
Read word by word - Judges 21:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 13:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 14:4
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 23:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 22:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 19:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 25:12
· BSB · 2 occurrences
and the army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 9:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them.
Read word by word - Job 39:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?
Read word by word - Job 39:28
· BSB · 2 occurrences
He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.
Read word by word - Psalms 18:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 18.3
- Psalms 31:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 31.4
- Psalms 40:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 40.3
- Psalms 42:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 42.10
- Psalms 71:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.
Read word by word - Psalms 78:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.
Read word by word - Psalms 104:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.
Read word by word - Psalms 137:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
Read word by word - Psalms 141:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
Read word by word - Proverbs 30:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
the rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;
Read word by word - Song of Solomon 2:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.
Read word by word - Isaiah 2:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
Read word by word - Isaiah 7:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines and clefts of the rocks, in all the thornbushes and watering holes.
Read word by word - Isaiah 22:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
Read word by word - Isaiah 31:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
Read word by word - Isaiah 32:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
Read word by word - Isaiah 33:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
Read word by word - Isaiah 57:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
Read word by word - Jeremiah 5:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 13:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Take the loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a crevice of the rocks.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 16:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 23:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 48:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 49:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 51:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 24:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 24:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.’
Read word by word - Ezekiel 26:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 26:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread the fishing nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.’
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