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סְגֻלָּה (H5459)

çᵉgullâh

seg-ool-law'

feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to shut up; wealth (as closely shut up); jewel, peculiar (treasure), proper good, special.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

סְגֻלָּה n.f. possession, property

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


8 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Exodus 19:5
    Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
  • Deuteronomy 7:6
    For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
  • Deuteronomy 14:2
    For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
  • Deuteronomy 26:18
    And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
  • 1 Chronicles 29:3
    Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
  • Psalms 135:4
    For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
  • Ecclesiastes 2:8
    I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
  • Malachi 3:17
    And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.