Word

סְגֻלָּה

çᵉgullâh · H5459 · Hebrew · 8 occurrences

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Meanings

treasure

Valuable objects in a person's possession

Examples
1 Chronicles 29:3 “In addition, in my delight in the house of my God, the treasure I have of gold and silver, I give to the house of my God, over and above all that I have already provided for the holy temple,
Ecclesiastes 2:8 I also amassed for myself silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I provided for myself male and female singers, and the pleasures of the sons of mankind: many concubines.
treasured people, chosen people

Literally: treasure; hence: a group of people with whom a deity has a special relationship and who are considered that deity's treasured possession

Examples
Exodus 19:5 ‘Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine;
Deuteronomy 7:6 “For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His personal possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 14:2 “For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for His personal possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

2 occurrences in 3 groups

מְדִינָהprovince 1
מֶלֶךְking 1
הוּhis 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 2 groups

זָהָבgold 1
כֶּסֶףsilver 1

What is done to itIt is the object

4 occurrences in 3 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 2
כָּנַסto gather 1
נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

3 occurrences in 1 groups

עַםpeople 3

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

περιούσιος perioúsios · G4041 · one’s private possession, one’s special possession, peculiar: Greek περιούσιος directly renders Hebrew סְגֻלָּה's core sense of 'special/peculiar treasure' or 'special possession,' particularly in covenantal contexts describing Israel as God's treasured people (Exodus 19:5, Deuteronomy 7:6, 14:2).

Semantic domains 2 entries

Objects001: The word names a special treasure or valued possession, as gold, silver, and jewels are among such treasures kings amass (Ecclesiastes 2:8), tying the word to this class of prized object.
People001001003: The word is also used of Israel as God's own treasured possession among all peoples (Exodus 19:5, Deuteronomy 7:6), tying the word to a people set apart as uniquely valued.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5459. segullah סְגֻלָּה noun feminine possession, property (on formation see BaNB § 95 b…

H5459. segullah
סְגֻלָּה noun feminine possession, property (on formation see BaNB § 95 b Köii. 1, 168); — absolute ׳ס Exo 19:5 Exo 19:5t.; construct סְגֻלַּת Ecc 2:8; suffix סְגֻלָּתוֺ Psa 135:4; —
1 valued property, peculiar treasure, which ׳י has chosen (בחר) and taken to himself; always of people of Israel, first Exo 19:5 (E; ᵐ5 λαὸς περιούσιος = Tit 2:14; 1Pe 2:9 λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν = περιποίησις Eph 1:14 compare BrMP 102; MA 52, 235); then ס ׳עַם Deu 7:6; Deu 14:2; Deu 26:18; later ׳ס alone, Mal 3:17; Psa 135:4.
2 treasure (very late), of kings 1Ch 29:3 (gold and silver), Ecc 2:8.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Objects2 occurrences People6 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0