סְגֻלָּה

segullah

seh-goo-LAH

treasured possession, private property

Where it comes from

A segullah is the personal treasure a king keeps apart from the state treasury — not the kingdom, but the thing in his own hand. The King James reads peculiar treasure, using peculiar in its old sense: belonging to one person only.

Every place it appears

Strong's H5459. It stands in 8 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Exodus 19:5

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

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