Quick Definition
Sela
Biblical Persons & Places
Sela
Sela
A location first mentioned at Jdg.1.36;
referred to as Sela or Sela (KJV= Selah) or Sela (KJV= "rock") (סֶ֫לַע), or "rock" (NIV= "cliff") (סֶ֫לַע), or Joktheel (יׇקְתְאֵל).
Strong's Definition
Sela, the rock-city of Idumaea
Derivation: the same as H5553 (סֶלַע);
KJV Usage: rock, Sela(-h).
Outline of Biblical Usage
Sela = "the rock"
1) a place in Edom
1a) perhaps an early name for 'Petra'
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
§ Sela = "the rock"
a place in Edom
perhaps an early name for 'Petra'
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
סֶלַע
sela‛
BDB Definition:
Sela = the rock
1) a place in Edom
1a) perhaps an early name for Petra
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: the same as H5553
Total KJV Occurrences: 2