Sela in the Bible

Meaning: a rock

Exact Match

The border of Amorite territory ran from the Scorpion Ascent to Sela and on up.

Verse ConceptsBoundaries

So Saul stopped pursuing David and went to confront the Philistines. Therefore that place is called Sela Hammahlekoth.

Verse ConceptsEscapingEscaping From People

He, smote Edom, in the valley of salt, ten thousand, and seized Sela, in the war, - and called the name thereof Joktheel, as it is until this day.

Verse ConceptsSaltValleysTens Of ThousandsGiven Names To This DayNumbers Of Foreigners Killed

Send ye the lamb due to the ruler of the land, From Sela towards the desert, - Unto the mount of the daughter of Zion;

Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersRulersTaxationPossessing Sheep

Let the desert and its cities shout out, the towns where the nomads of Kedar live! Let the residents of Sela shout joyfully; let them shout loudly from the mountaintops.

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 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.

Send a ram [to the] ruler [of the] land, from Sela [across the] desert to the mountain of {daughter Zion}.