Çelaʻ — H5554

Definition

locative proper noun

Sela, the rock-city of Idumaea

1. Sela = "the rock"
2. a place in Edom
1. perhaps an early name for 'Petra'

Usually translated as

Sela, Selah, rock

Origin

the same as H5553

• Same as Çelaʻ (H5553)

Occurrences

Çelaʻ occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1), Isaiah (1)

• 2 Kings 14:7 — He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah (הַסֶּ֖לַע) by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
• Isaiah 16:1 — Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela (מִסֶּ֣לַע) to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.