Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
sling
Usage: sling, slingstones
Qela means “sling” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7050 קֶלַע (qela`) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. qela` (keh'-lah) n-m. 1. a sling 2. also a (door) screen (as if slung across), or the valve (of the door) itself It has 22 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include door, sling, hanging, and slings. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
qela` (keh'-lah) n-m. 1. a sling 2. also a (door) screen (as if slung across), or the valve (of the door) itself [from H7049] KJV: hanging, leaf, sling. Root(s): H7049
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sling
Usage: sling, slingstones
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render qela`, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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22 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
First 22 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7050.
And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,
And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.
The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,
And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.
And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7050, grouped by book.
Qela (Strong's H7050) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "sling". qela` (keh'-lah) n-m. 1. a sling 2. also a (door) screen (as if slung across), or the valve (of the door) itself
This page currently indexes 22 linked usages for Strong's H7050 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7050 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as door, sling, hanging, and slings. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.