סֹלְלָה solelah

Hebrew word for “mound” · Strong’s H5550 · used 11 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

mound

How it is translated

Glosses given for solelah in context, with how often each is used:

• mound 9
• mounds 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Samuel 20 (1), 2 Kings 19 (1), Isaiah 37 (1), Jeremiah 6 (1), Jeremiah 32 (1), Jeremiah 33 (1), Ezekiel 4 (1), Ezekiel 17 (1), Ezekiel 21 (1), Ezekiel 26 (1)

Forms

• סללה 8
• הסללות 2
• סוללה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with solelah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שָׁפַךְ shaphakh “to pour” 9
• דָּיֵק dayeq “siegework” 4
• עִיר ir “city” 7
• כֹּה koh “thus” 4
• כַּר kar “ram” 2
• קָדַם qadam “to meet” 2
• בָּנָה banah “to build” 3
• חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 3
• חֵץ chets “arrow” 2
• מָגֵן magen “shield” 2
• יָרָה yarah “to show” 2
• זֹאת zot “this” 3

Key verses

The verses using solelah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 2 Samuel 20:15 — And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with…
• 2 Kings 19:32 — Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor…
• Isaiah 37:33 — Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor…
• Jeremiah 6:6 — For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the…
• Jeremiah 32:24 — Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword,…
• Jeremiah 33:4 — For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the…
• Ezekiel 4:2 — And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
• Ezekiel 17:17 — Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:
• Ezekiel 21:22 — At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint…
• Ezekiel 26:8 — He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against…
• Daniel 11:15 — So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.