Joktheel
יׇקְתְאֵלStrong’s H5554yoqteel (yoq-te-el)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yoqteel is the Hebrew word usually translated “from sela” and “sela”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.”
Meaning
- Joktheel = "the blessedness of God"
How it's translated
- from sela 2
- sela 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 2
- Judges 1
- 2 Kings 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Kings 14:7He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
- Isaiah 16:1Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
- Isaiah 42:11Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
Hebrew dictionary
יׇקְתְאֵל yoqteel · Joktheel
Joktheel = "the blessedness of God" the name given to the cliff which was the stronghold of Edom by king Amaziah after capturing it; also called 'Selah' and 'Petra' Another name of se.la (סֶ֫לַע "Sela" H5554)
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.