Strong's Hebrew: 5459. סְגֻלָּה (segullah) -- possession, property

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segullah: possession, property

Original Word: סְגֻלָּה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: segullah
Phonetic Spelling: (seg-ool-law')
Short Definition: possession

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
possession, property
NASB Translation
possession (5), treasure (2), treasured possession (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

סְגֻלָּה noun feminine possession, property (on formation see Ba^{NB § 95 b} Kö^{ii. 1, 168}); — absolute ׳ס Exodus 19:5 5t.; construct סְגֻלַּת Ecclesiastes 2:8; suffix סְגֻלָּתוֺ Psalm 135:4; —

1 valued property, peculiar treasure, which ׳י has chosen (בחר) and taken to himself; always of people of Israel, first Exodus 19:5 (E; ᵐ5 λαὸς περιούσιος = Titus 2:14; 1 Peter 2:9 λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν = περιποίησις Ephesians 1:14 compare Br^{MP 102}; MA 52, 235); then ׳עַם ס Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 14:2; Deuteronomy 26:18; later ׳ס alone, Malachi 3:17; Psalm 135:4.

2 treasure (very late), of kings 1 Chronicles 29:3 (gold and silver), Ecclesiastes 2:8.

Strong's

jewel, peculiar treasure, proper good, special

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