Tsela צֵלַע
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| צֵלַע | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | tsela |
| Strong's number | H6762 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Zela |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Joshua (1) |
Tsela (Hebrew צֵלַע, Strong's H6762) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Zela”. It occurs 2 times.
Definition
§ Zelah = "a rib"
a city in Benjamin containing the family burial place of Saul
a city in Benjamin containing the family burial place of Saul
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | zelah (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | zelah (1), zela (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Tsela, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Joshua
- Joshua 18:28And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim —fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 21:14And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).