Strong’s H5541 · Hebrew

סָלָה
çâlâh
saw-law'

Definition

to hang up, i.e. weigh, or (figuratively) contemn

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

  • tread down (under foot)
  • value

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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