Hebrew - English Dictionary
H5553 - Strong Hold
| Strong's No.: | H5553 | 
| Hebrew: | סֶלַע | 
| Transliteration: | çelaʻ | 
| Phonetic: | seh'-lah | 
| Word Origin: | From an unused root meaning to be lofty | 
| Bible Usage: | (ragged) {rock} stone ({-ny}) strong hold. | 
| Part of Speech: | Noun Masculine | 
| Strongs Definition:  | a craggy {rock} literally or figuratively (a fortress)  | 
| Brown Driver Biggs Definition:  | 1. crag, cliff, rock a. crag, cliff b. as stronghold of Jehovah, of security (fig.)  | 
| Bible References:
                                     Strong Hold  | 
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| Translation Occurrences:  | 
                                
                                         
                                            rock ( 42 )
                                         
                                        
                                            rocks ( 10 )
                                         
                                        
                                            stones ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            stony ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            strong hold ( 1 )
                                         
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                    Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
            by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.