Strong’s H5553 · Hebrew
סֶלַע
çelaʻ
seh'-lah
Definition
a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)
Etymology
from an unused root meaning to be lofty;
How the KJV renders it
- (ragged) rock
- stone(-ny)
- strong hold
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.