Quick Definition
to cleave
Strong's Definition
to split or tear; figuratively, to upbraid
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: cleave, (be) cloven (footed), rend, stay.
TWOT Reference: 2427
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to divide, cleave, part, split
1a) (Qal) cleaving, cleft (participle)
1b) (Piel) to tear in two, cleave in two
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to divide, cleave, part, split
1a) (Qal) cleaving, cleft (participle)
1b) (Piel) to tear in two, cleave in two
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁסַע
shâsa‛
BDB Definition:
1) to divide, cleave, part, split
1a) (Qal) cleaving, cleft (participle)
1b) (Piel) to tear in two, cleave in two
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2427
Total KJV Occurrences: 9