Strongs's #5459: cgullah - Greek/Hebrew Definitions

Greek/Hebrew Definitions

Strong's #5459: cgullah (pronounced seg-ool-law')

feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to shut up; wealth (as closely shut up):--jewel, peculiar (treasure), proper good, special.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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segûllâh

1) possession, property

1a) valued property, peculiar treasure
1b) treasure

Part of Speech: noun feminine passive participle
Relation: from an unused root meaning to shut up

Usage:

This word is used 8 times:

Exodus 19:5: "ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all"
Deuteronomy 7:6: "thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people"
Deuteronomy 14:2: "and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations"
Deuteronomy 26:18: "hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep"
1 Chronicles 29:3: "to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house"
Psalms 135:4: "hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure."
Ecclesiastes 2:8: "me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I got me men singers"
Malachi 3:17: "when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man"

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