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 · H5553G

סֶ֫לַע · se.la · rock

The Rock Sela (H5554)

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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.

BSB rendering counts
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

KJV rendering counts
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 2 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.

Amos 6:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
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Obadiah 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
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Sources and text

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