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
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁסַע (sha.sa) — to cleave. 1) to divide, cleave, part, split 1a) (Qal) cleaving, cleft (participle) 1b) (Piel) to tear in two, cleave in two
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שֶׁסַע
Impact | verb pi
to tear apart = causative action by which humans use their hands to rip an object fully or partially apart
Chastise | verb pi
to rebuke literally: to tear apart; hence: = action by which humans chastise other humans with words
Shape | verb qal
Collocation: שׁסע שֶׁסַע
to be cleft literally: to be torn apart; hence: = state in which the hoof of an animal is divided into two parts, ≈ as a result of which it is considered a clean animal which can be eaten
Shape | verb qal
cleft (hoof) literally: to be torn apart; hence: = state in which the hoof of an animal is divided into two parts, ≈ as a result of which it is considered a clean animal which can be eaten
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁסַע] vb. divide, cleave Qal cleaving the cleft of the hoof, i.e. having cloven hoof
Pi. tear in two
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