Çelaʻ — H5553

H5553 · Hebrew — סלע

Pronunciation: seh'-lah

Definition

masculine noun

a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)

  1. crag, cliff, rock
    1. crag, cliff
    2. as stronghold of Jehovah, of security (fig.)

Usually translated as

rock, stony, stone, strong hold

Origin

from an unused root meaning to be lofty

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Çelaʻ occurs 60 times in 55 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (4), Deuteronomy (1), Judges (8), 1 Samuel (4), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1), Job (2), Psalms (9), Proverbs (1), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (8), Jeremiah (7), Ezekiel (4), Amos (1), Obadiah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — C