סֶלַע
selaʿ
crag
Strong's H5553NounHebrewTWOT 1508a

סֶלַע (selaʿ) is a Hebrew noun meaning crag. It appears 59 times in 17 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5553).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1508a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1508a)crag, cliff; rock, fortress; stone, stony, strong hold
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

סֶ֫לַע noun, masculine: crag, cliff

Strong's H5553 סֶלַע: a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)
KJV:(ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1508: סלע slʿ — Root of: סֶ֫לַע crag, cliff

See it in Scripture

Numbers 20:8Deuteronomy 32:13Judges 1:36

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