H5459 - סְגֻלָּה (çᵉgullâh)

H5459 סְגֻלָּה (çᵉgullâh) seg-ool-law'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

possession

Strong's Definition

wealth (as closely shut up)

Derivation: feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to shut up;

KJV Usage: jewel, peculiar (treasure), proper good, special.

TWOT Reference: 1460a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) possession, property

1a) valued property, peculiar treasure

1b) treasure

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4041 G4046 G4047

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) possession, property 1a) valued property, peculiar treasure 1b) treasure

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

סְגֻלָּה segûllâh BDB Definition: 1) possession, property 1a) valued property, peculiar treasure 1b) treasure Part of Speech: noun feminine passive participle A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root meaning to shut up Same Word by TWOT Number: 1460a Total KJV Occurrences: 8

Bible Occurrences (8)

19:5

7:6 14:2 26:18

29:3

135:4

2:8

3:17

Exodus 19:5

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.

Deuteronomy 7:6

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.

Deuteronomy 14:2

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.

Deuteronomy 26:18

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,

1 Chronicles 29:3

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:

Ecclesiastes 2:8

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.

Malachi 3:17

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.