Strong's Lexicon solam: Ladder, Stairway Original Word: סָלְעָם Word Origin: From an unused root meaning to cast up a highway Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Greek equivalent for "solam," the concept of a connection between heaven and earth can be seen in the New Testament, such as in John 1:51, where Jesus refers to angels ascending and descending upon the Son of Man, echoing the imagery of Jacob's ladder. Usage: The term "solam" refers to a ladder or stairway, a structure used for ascending and descending. In the biblical context, it is most famously associated with Jacob's dream, where he sees a ladder reaching from earth to heaven, with angels ascending and descending on it. This imagery symbolizes a connection between the divine and the earthly realms. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Near Eastern cultures, ladders or stairways were often symbolic of a connection between the heavens and the earth. Temples and ziggurats, with their ascending steps, were seen as places where the divine and human worlds intersected. Jacob's vision of the ladder at Bethel reflects this cultural understanding, emphasizing God's presence and the accessibility of divine communication. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originprobably from the same as sela Definition a locust NASB Translation devastating locust (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs סָלְעָם noun masculine an edible, winged, locust (Late Hebrew id.; swallower, consumer, compare ᵑ7 סַלְעֵם swallow up, destroy; Arabic  verb swallow, Köii. 1, 404); — Leviticus 11:22 (+ אַרְבֶּה, חַרְגֹּל, חַגָב). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Consuming locust Apparently from the same as cela' in the sense of crushing as with a rock, i.e. Consuming; a kind of locust (from its destructiveness) -- bald locust. see HEBREW cela' Forms and Transliterations הַסָּלְעָ֖ם הסלעם has·sā·lə·‘ām hassalAm hassālə‘āmLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Leviticus 11:22 HEB: לְמִינ֔וֹ וְאֶת־ הַסָּלְעָ֖ם לְמִינֵ֑הוּ וְאֶת־ NAS: in its kinds, and the devastating locust in its kinds, KJV: after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, INT: the locust kinds and the devastating kinds and the cricket 1 Occurrence |
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