סֶלַע (selaʿ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning crag. It appears
59 times
in 17 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5553).
Also rendered
rock
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
סֶ֫לַעnoun, masculine: crag, cliff
Strong's H5553סֶלַע: 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: סלעslʿ — Root of: סֶ֫לַע crag, cliff