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    H5542

    Selah

    סֶלָה (Selah)

    A musical or liturgical pause meaning 'stop and reflect'

    Hebrew
    Pronunciation: SEH-lah

    Definition

    Selah appears 74 times in the Bible, mainly in Psalms. Though its exact meaning is debated, it is widely understood as a call to pause, reflect, and meditate on what has just been said.

    Featured KJV occurrences (3)

    Psalm 3:2

    “Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.”
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    Psalm 46:3

    “Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.”
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    Habakkuk 3:3

    “God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.”
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    Strong's dictionary data from openscriptures/strongs (CC-BY-SA), derived from Strong's 1890/1894 public-domain concordance.