סָלַל
çâlal · saw-lal'
to mound up (especially a turnpike); figurative, to exalt; reflexively, to oppose (as by a dam)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to mound up (especially a turnpike); figurative, to exalt; reflexively, to oppose (as by a dam)
- to mound up (especially a turnpike)
- figurative, to exalt
- reflexively, to oppose (as by a dam)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cast up, exalt (self), extol, make plain, raise up.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › authority, the one who leads › authority, the one who leads
To support and uphold of authority, the one who leads of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סָלַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- cast ye up2 · 17%
- cast up2 · 17%
- as yet exaltest1 · 8%
- and raise up1 · 8%
- and they raise up1 · 8%
- extol1 · 8%
- exalt1 · 8%
- is made plain1 · 8%
- not cast up1 · 8%
- cast her up1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.