סְגֻלָּה

se.gul.lahpossessionHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine8 occurrences6 books8 verses

Definition

feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to shut up; wealth (as closely shut up)
Traditional renderings: jewel, peculiar (treasure), proper good, special.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders סְגֻלָּה:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

8 total
  1. Exodus 19:5סְגֻלָּה֙ · treasured possession
    Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
  2. Deuteronomy 7:6סְגֻלָּ֔ה · prized possession
    For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
  3. Deuteronomy 14:2סְגֻלָּ֔ה · prized possession
    …for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
  4. Deuteronomy 26:18סְגֻלָּ֔ה · [and] treasured possession
    And today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,
  5. 1 Chronicles 29:3סְגֻלָּ֖ה · my personal treasures
    Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple:
  6. Psalm 135:4לִסְגֻלָּתֽוֹ׃ · as His treasured possession
    For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
  7. Ecclesiastes 2:8וּסְגֻלַּ֥ת · and the treasure
    …and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.
  8. Malachi 3:17סְגֻלָּ֑ה · My treasured possession
    “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.