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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