Forgiveness
סְלִיחָהStrong’s H5547selichah (se-li-chah)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Selichah is the Hebrew word usually translated “forgiveness”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;”
Meaning
- Forgiveness
How it's translated
- forgiveness 2
- and forgiveness 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 1
- Psalms 1
- Daniel 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Nehemiah 9:17And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
- Psalms 130:4But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
Hebrew dictionary
סְלִיחָה selichah · forgiveness
forgiveness
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “forgiveness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FORGIV'ENESS, noun
forgiv'ness.
- The act of forgiving; the pardon of an offender, by which he is considered and treated as not guilty.
- The pardon or remission of an offense or crime; as the forgiveness of sin or of injuries.
- Disposition to pardon; willingness to forgive.
- Remission of a debt, fine or penalty.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.