סֶלַע
çelaʻ · seh'-lah
a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be lofty;
a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › authority, the one who leads › to see and know
To support and uphold of authority, the one who leads that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סֶלַע 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
58 occurrences · 58 OT · 0 NT · 41 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the rock11 · 22%
- rock4 · 8%
- of a rock4 · 8%
- the rock3 · 6%
- of the rocks3 · 6%
- out of the rock2 · 4%
- from the rock2 · 4%
- unto the rock2 · 4%
- in the rock2 · 4%
- is my rock2 · 4%
- ye unto the rock1 · 2%
- out of this rock1 · 2%
- in a rock1 · 2%
- that were in the rock1 · 2%
- and in rocks1 · 2%
- into a rock1 · 2%
- the rocks1 · 2%
- for them out of the rock1 · 2%
- on the rock1 · 2%
- for thou art my rock1 · 2%
- upon a rock1 · 2%
- my rock1 · 2%
- me; for thou art my rock1 · 2%
- also out of the rock1 · 2%
- and the rocks1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
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.