# סֶלַע (sela)

Israeli respelling: se-la. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5554. 3 Old Testament occurrences.

Sela, the rock-city of Idumaea

King James renderings: rock, Sela(-h).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/sela-h5554

## Occurrences

- [2 Kings 14:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/14/7) — He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
- [Isaiah 16:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/16/1) — Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
- [Isaiah 42:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/42/11) — Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing,…