Strong's Hebrew #5554 - סֶלַע Sela (a city in Edom)

rock, Selah

The same as cela'; Sela, the rock-city of Idumaea -- rock, Sela(-h).

see HEBREW cela'

Sela = “the rock”
1) a place in Edom
1a) perhaps an early name for ‘Petra’
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: the same as H5553

II. סֶ֫לַע proper name, of a location in Edom, ׳מֵהַהַסּ Judges 1:36 (strike out מֵ, compare GFM); ׳הַסּ captured in war 2 Kings 14:7 (and called יָקְתְאֵל); ׳מִסּ Isaiah 16:1; site dubious; old identification with Petra denied, plausibly, by Buhl^Edom GFM^{Ju, 36} (who thinks of an actual cliff), but held Benz^{2Kings 14:7} Bd^{Pal (1898), 206}; ᵐ5 (ἡ)πέτρα.

Strong's Hebrew: 5554. סֶ֫לַע (Sela) — 3 Occurrences

2 Kings 14:7
HEB: וְתָפַ֥שׂ אֶת־ הַסֶּ֖לַע בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וַיִּקְרָ֤א
NAS: 10000and took Sela by war, and named
KJV: and took Selah by war,
INT: thousand and took Sela war and called

Isaiah 16:1
HEB: מֹשֵֽׁל־ אֶ֖רֶץ מִסֶּ֣לַע מִדְבָּ֑רָה אֶל־
NAS: of the land, From Sela by way of the wilderness
KJV: of the land from Sela to the wilderness,
INT: to the ruler of the land Sela of the wilderness to

Isaiah 42:11
HEB: יָרֹ֙נּוּ֙ יֹ֣שְׁבֵי סֶ֔לַע מֵרֹ֥אשׁ הָרִ֖ים
INT: sing the inhabitants rock the tops of the mountains