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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #5555 - סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת

Transliteration

Çelaʻ ham-machlᵉqôwth

Phonetics

seh'-lah ham-makh-lek-oth'

Origin

from (H5553) and the pl. of (H4256) with the article interposed

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Sela-hammahlekoth = "the cliff of escapes" or "the cliff of divisions"
1. a rock or cliff in the wilderness of Maon, southeast of Hebron, the scene of an escape of David from Saul

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

1 Samuel 1

BSB (1)

1 Samuel 2

CSB (1)

1 Samuel 1

ESV (0)

The English Standard Version
did not use
this Strong's Number

KJV (1)

1 Samuel 1

LEB (1)

1 Samuel 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

1 Samuel 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

II. מַחְלְקוֺת noun feminine plural smoothness, ׳סֶלַע הַמּ 1 Samuel 23:28 rock of smoothness, i.e. slippery rock, perhaps original meaning of this proper name, see further I. מחלקוֺת below I. חלק.

List of Word Forms

הַֽמַּחְלְקֽוֹת׃ המחלקות׃ ham·maḥ·lə·qō·wṯ HammachleKot hammaḥləqōwṯ