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Saturday, July 19th, 2025
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Possession
Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words
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Segûllâh (סְגֻלָּה, Strong's #5459), “possession.” Cognates of this word appear in late Aramaic and Akkadian. This word occurs only 8 times.
Cegullah signifies “property” in the special sense of a private possession one personally acquired and carefully preserves. Six times this word is used of Israel as God’s personally acquired (elected, delivered from Egyptian bondage, and formed into what He wanted them to be), carefully preserved, and privately possessed people: “Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure [NASB, “possession”] unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine” (Exod. 19:5—first occurrence).
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Possession'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/vot/p/possession.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Possession'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/vot/p/possession.html. 1940.
