H2288 - חֲגָו (chăgâv)

H2288 חֲגָו (chăgâv) khag-awv'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

cleft

Strong's Definition

a rift in rocks

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to take refuge;

KJV Usage: cleft.

TWOT Reference: 603a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) clefts, places of concealment, retreats

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3692 G5168

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

clefts, places of concealment, retreats

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חֲגָו chăgâv BDB Definition: 1) clefts, places of concealment, retreats Part of Speech: noun masculine plural A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root meaning to take refuge Same Word by TWOT Number: 603a Total KJV Occurrences: 3

Bible Occurrences (2)

49:16

1:3

Jeremiah 49:16

The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down, declares the LORD.

Obadiah 1:3

The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, Who can bring me down to the ground?