Sela in the Bible

Meaning: a rock

Exact Match

The border of the Amorites [ran] from the ascent of Akrabbim from Sela and upward.

Verse ConceptsBoundaries

Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammah-lekoth.

Verse ConceptsEscapingEscaping From People

He also killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt, and he seized Sela in the battle, and he called its name Jokteel, until this day.

Verse ConceptsSaltValleysTens Of ThousandsGiven Names To This DayNumbers Of Foreigners Killed

Send the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersRulersTaxationPossessing Sheep

Let [the] desert and its towns lift up their voice, [the] villages [that] Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy; let them shout loudly from [the] {top} of [the] mountains.

Verse ConceptsBlessing In The Wilderness


“As for Your terror,
The pride and arrogance of your heart have deceived you,
O you who live in the clefts of the rock (Sela also called Petra),
Who hold and occupy the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest as high as the eagle’s,
I will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsNestsProud HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedHumiliationEaglesPride, Results OfRocksSelf DeceptionPride, Results InBirds, Types Of BirdsDeceiving Oneself

Thematic Bible



He put to the sword twelve thousand men of Edom in the Valley of Salt. He captured Sela in war, and named it Joktheel, as it is to this day.

Send lambs as tribute to the ruler of the land, from Sela, across the desert, to the mountain of the Daughter of Zion.