'Selah' definitions:
Definition of 'Selah'
From: GCIDE
- Selah \Se"lah\, n. [Heb. sel[=a]h.] (Script.) A word of doubtful meaning, occuring frequently in the Psalms; by some, supposed to signify silence or a pause in the musical performance of the song. [1913 Webster]
- Beyond the fact that Selah is a musical term, we know absolutely nothing about it. --Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.) [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Selah'
From: Easton
- Selah a word frequently found in the Book of Psalms, and also in Hab. 3:9, 13, about seventy-four times in all in Scripture. Its meaning is doubtful. Some interpret it as meaning "silence" or "pause;" others, "end," "a louder strain," "piano," etc. The LXX. render the word by daplasma i.e., "a division."
Definition of 'Selah'
From: Hitchcock
- Selah, the end; a pause
Selah, WA -- U.S. city in Washington
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Selah, WA -- U.S. city in Washington
Population (2000) :
6310
Housing Units (2000) :
2408
Land area (2000) :
4.369241 sq. miles (11.316282 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.057074 sq. miles (0.147820 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
4.426315 sq. miles (11.464102 sq. km)
FIPS code :
63280
Located within :
Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location :
46.652109 N, 120.535134 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
98942
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.