Sela in the Bible

Meaning: a rock

Exact Match

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

Verse ConceptsEscapingEscaping From People

Thematic Bible



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

And they will send ... to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.


Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain