סֶ֫לַע

se.larock
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine58 occurrences17 books52 verses

Definition

from an unused root meaning to be lofty; a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)
Traditional renderings: (ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

58 total
  1. Jeremiah 49:16הַסֶּ֔לַע · of the rocks
    The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
  2. Jeremiah 51:25הַסְּלָעִ֔ים · the cliffs
    “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who devastate the whole earth, declares the LORD. I will stretch out My hand against you; I will roll you over the cliffs and turn you into a charred mountain.
  3. Ezekiel 24:7סֶ֖לַע · rock
    For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.
  4. Ezekiel 24:8סָ֑לַע · rock
    In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.’
  5. Ezekiel 26:4סָֽלַע׃ · rock
    They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.
  6. Ezekiel 26:14סֶ֗לַע · rock
    I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread the fishing nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.’
  7. Amos 6:12בַּסֶּ֙לַע֙ · on the cliffs
    “Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
  8. Obadiah 1:3סֶּ֖לַע · of the rocks
    The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’