סְלִיחָה
selicha · pardon, forgiveness
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5547 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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selicha (סְלִיחָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “pardon, forgiveness”.
Pardon. "A God of pardons" is a God always ready to forgive.
How to say it
se·li·cha
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- God's letting a fault pass and restoring the relationship with the one who committed it.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- forgiveness ×2
- pardons ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Nehemiah 9:17
They refused to listen, and did not remember your wonders that you had done with them; and they hardened their neck and appointed a head to return to their servitude in their rebellion. But you are an Eloah of pardons, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, and you did not abandon them.
- Psalms 130:4
But with you is forgiveness, so that you may be feared.
- Daniel 9:9
To Adonai our Elohim belong compassion and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him,