To reject
סָלָהStrong’s H5541salah (sa-lah)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Salah is the Hebrew word usually translated “it will be paid”, “reject” and “has thrown away”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.”
Meaning
- To make light of, toss aside(Qal) to make light of · (Piel) to flout, reject
- To weigh, balance(Pual) to be weighed
How it's translated
- it will be paid 2
- you reject 1
- he has thrown away 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 2
- Psalms 1
- Lamentations 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Job 28:19The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
- Psalms 119:118Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
- Lamentations 1:15The LORD hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the LORD hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.
Hebrew dictionary
סָלָה salah · to reject
1) to make light of, toss aside 1a) (Qal) to make light of 1b) (Piel) to flout, reject
סָלָה salah · to weigh
1) to weigh, balance 1a) (Pual) to be weighed
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.