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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #5558 - סֶלֶף
Transliteration
çeleph
Phonetics
seh'-lef
Origin
from (H5557)
Parts of Speech
masculine noun
TWOT
1510a
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- crookedness, perverseness, crooked dealing
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results

ASV (2)
Proverbs
2
BSB (2)
Proverbs
2
CSB (2)
Proverbs
2
ESV (2)
Proverbs
2
KJV (2)
Proverbs
2
LEB (2)
Proverbs
2
LSB (2)
Proverbs
2
N95 (2)
Proverbs
2
NAS (2)
Proverbs
2
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (2)
Proverbs
2
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
2485) plx (סלפ SLP) AC: Twist CO: ? AB: ?
V) plx (סלפ SLP) - Twist: To twist words or the way in the sense of perverseness. KJV (7): (vf: Piel) overthrow, pervert - Strongs: H5557 (סָלַף)
Nm) plx (סלפ SLP) - Crookedness: Something twisted. KJV (2): perverseness - Strongs: H5558 (סֶלֶף)
AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2025
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
סֶ֫לֶף noun masculine Proverbs 11:3 Qr crookedness, crooked dealing: — ׳ס absolute Proverbs 15:4 (of tongue); construct בֹּגְדִים׳ס Proverbs 11:3.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
List of Word Forms
וְסֶ֖לֶף וְסֶ֥לֶף וסלף veSelef wə·se·lep̄ wəselep̄