5459. segullah

Strong's Concordance

segullah: possession, property

Original Word: סְגֻלָּה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: segullah
Phonetic Spelling: (seg-ool-law')
Definition: possession, property

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
possession, property
NASB Translation
possession (5), treasure (2), treasured possession (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

סְגֻלָּה noun feminine possession, property (on formation see Ba^{NB § 95 b} Kö^{ii. 1, 168}); — absolute ׳ס Exodus 19:5 5t.; construct סְגֻלַּת Ecclesiastes 2:8; suffix סְגֻלָּתוֺ Psalm 135:4; —

1 valued property, peculiar treasure, which ׳י has chosen (בחר) and taken to himself; always of people of Israel, first Exodus 19:5 (E; ᵐ5 λαὸς περιούσιος = Titus 2:14; 1 Peter 2:9 λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν = περιποίησις Ephesians 1:14 compare Br^{MP 102}; MA 52, 235); then ׳עַם ס Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 14:2; Deuteronomy 26:18; later ׳ס alone, Malachi 3:17; Psalm 135:4.

2 treasure (very late), of kings 1 Chronicles 29:3 (gold and silver), Ecclesiastes 2:8.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

jewel, peculiar treasure, proper good, special

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

Forms and Transliterations

וּסְגֻלַּ֥ת וסגלת לִסְגֻלָּתֽוֹ׃ לסגלתו׃ סְגֻלָּ֑ה סְגֻלָּ֔ה סְגֻלָּ֖ה סְגֻלָּה֙ סגלה lis·ḡul·lā·ṯōw lisgullaTo lisḡullāṯōw sə·ḡul·lāh segulLah səḡullāh ū·sə·ḡul·laṯ usegulLat ūsəḡullaṯ

Englishman's Concordance

Exodus 19:5
HEB: וִהְיִ֨יתֶם לִ֤י סְגֻלָּה֙ מִכָּל־ הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים
NAS: My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among
KJV: my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people:
INT: my covenant become possession all the peoples

Deuteronomy 7:6
HEB: לוֹ֙ לְעַ֣ם סְגֻלָּ֔ה מִכֹּל֙ הָֽעַמִּ֔ים
NAS: you to be a people for His own possession out of all
KJV: hath chosen thee to be a special people
INT: become people possession of all the peoples

Deuteronomy 14:2
HEB: לוֹ֙ לְעַ֣ם סְגֻלָּ֔ה מִכֹּל֙ הָֽעַמִּ֔ים
NAS: you to be a people for His own possession out of all
KJV: hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people
INT: become people possession of all the peoples

Deuteronomy 26:18
HEB: לוֹ֙ לְעַ֣ם סְגֻלָּ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּר־
NAS: you to be His people, a treasured possession, as He promised
KJV: thee this day to be his peculiar people,
INT: become to be his people A treasured he promised

1 Chronicles 29:3
HEB: יֶשׁ־ לִ֥י סְגֻלָּ֖ה זָהָ֣ב וָכָ֑סֶף
NAS: of my God, the treasure I have
KJV: I have of mine own proper good, of gold
INT: of my God have the treasure of gold and silver

Psalm 135:4
HEB: יָ֑הּ יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל לִסְגֻלָּתֽוֹ׃
NAS: for Himself, Israel for His own possession.
KJV: unto himself, [and] Israel for his peculiar treasure.
INT: the LORD Israel possession

Ecclesiastes 2:8
HEB: כֶּ֣סֶף וְזָהָ֔ב וּסְגֻלַּ֥ת מְלָכִ֖ים וְהַמְּדִינ֑וֹת
NAS: and gold and the treasure of kings
KJV: and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings
INT: silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces

Malachi 3:17
HEB: אֲנִ֖י עֹשֶׂ֣ה סְגֻלָּ֑ה וְחָמַלְתִּ֣י עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם
NAS: that I prepare [My] own possession, and I will spare
KJV: when I make up my jewels; and I will spare
INT: I prepare possession will spare and

8 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5459
8 Occurrences

lis·ḡul·lā·ṯōw — 1 Occ.
sə·ḡul·lāh — 6 Occ.
ū·sə·ḡul·laṯ — 1 Occ.