Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H5553
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- cela`
- Pronunciation
- seh'-lah
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H5553
- Brief meaning
- A craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)
- Source renderings
- (ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold
- Root word
- from an unused root meaning to be lofty
- Full definition from the source
- A craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress). Root word: from an unused root meaning to be lofty.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
05553\ 5553 cela` seh'-lah from an unused root meaning to be lofty; a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress):--(ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.