סְגֻלָּה
se.gul.lahpossessionHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine8 occurrences6 books8 verses
Definition
feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to shut up; wealth (as closely shut up)
Traditional renderings: jewel, peculiar (treasure), proper good, special.
Traditional renderings: jewel, peculiar (treasure), proper good, special.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders סְגֻלָּה:
- περιούσιοςperiousios“special”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
8 total
- Exodus 19:5סְגֻלָּה֙ · treasured possessionNow if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- Deuteronomy 7:6סְגֻלָּ֔ה · prized possessionFor you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 14:2סְגֻלָּ֔ה · prized possession…for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 26:18סְגֻלָּ֔ה · [and] treasured possessionAnd today the LORD has proclaimed that you are His people and treasured possession as He promised, that you are to keep all His commandments,
- 1 Chronicles 29:3סְגֻלָּ֖ה · my personal treasuresMoreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple:
- Psalm 135:4לִסְגֻלָּתֽוֹ׃ · as His treasured possessionFor the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
- Ecclesiastes 2:8וּסְגֻלַּ֥ת · and the treasure…and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.
- Malachi 3:17סְגֻלָּ֑ה · My treasured possession“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.