King James Bible Dictionary - Strongs Number

H5553 - Rock

Strong's No.:	H5553

Hebrew:	סֶלַע

Transliteration:	çelaʻ

Phonetic:	seh'-lah

Word Origin:	From an unused root meaning to be lofty

Bible Usage:	(ragged) {rock} stone ({-ny}) strong hold.

Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine

Strongs Definition:	a craggy {rock} literally or figuratively (a fortress)

Brown Driver Biggs Definition:	1. crag, cliff, rock a. crag, cliff b. as stronghold of Jehovah, of security (fig.)

Bible References: Rock	Num 20:8 Num 20:8 Num 20:10 Num 20:10 Num 20:11 Num 24:21 Judg 6:20 Judg 15:8 Judg 15:11 Judg 15:13 Judg 20:45 Judg 20:47 Judg 20:47 Judg 21:13 1 Sam 14:4 1 Sam 14:4 1 Sam 23:25 2 Sam 22:2 2 Chr 25:12 2 Chr 25:12 Job 39:1 Job 39:28 Job 39:28 Ps 18:2 Ps 31:3 Ps 40:2 Ps 42:9 Ps 71:3 Sol 2:14 Isa 22:16 Isa 32:2 Isa 42:11 Jer 13:4 Jer 23:29 Jer 48:28 Jer 49:16 Ezek 24:7 Ezek 24:8 Ezek 26:4 Ezek 26:14 Amos 6:12 Obad 1:3

Translation Occurrences:	rock ( 42 ) rocks ( 10 ) stones ( 1 ) stony ( 1 ) strong hold ( 1 )

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.