Strong’s H5459 · Hebrew
סְגֻלָּה
çᵉgullâh
seg-ool-law'
Definition
wealth (as closely shut up)
Etymology
feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to shut up;
Where the KJV renders it
- jewel
- peculiar (treasure)
- proper good
- special
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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