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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #5585 - סָעִיף

Transliteration

çâʻîyph

Phonetics

saw-eef'

Origin

from (H5586)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1527a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

cleft, branch
1. cleft (of a crag)
2. branches, boughs

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (6)

Judges 2

Isaiah 4

BSB (6)

Judges 2

Isaiah 4

CSB (5)

Judges 2

Isaiah 4

ESV (6)

Judges 2

Isaiah 4

KJV (6)

Judges 2

Isaiah 4

LEB (6)

Judges 2

Isaiah 4

LSB (6)

Judges 2

Isaiah 4

N95 (6)

Judges 2

Isaiah 4

NAS (6)

Judges 2

Isaiah 4

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (6)

Judges 2

Isaiah 4

ASV (6)

down to the cleft 1

in the cleft 1

in the outmost branches 1

into the caverns 1

the branches thereof 1

under the clefts 1

BSB (6)

and crevices 1

branches 1

in the cave 1

its branches{bare 1

the cave 1

the clefts 1

CSB (5)

its branches 1

the cave 2

the clefts 1

the crevices 1

ESV (6)

branches 2

cleft 2

clefts 2

KJV (6)

branches 2

clifts 1

top 2

tops 1

LEB (6)

and into the clefts of 1

branches 1

in the cleft of 1

its branches 1

the cleft of 1

the clefts of 1

LSB (6)

cleft 2

clefts 2

twigs 2

N95 (6)

branches 2

cleft 2

clefts 2

NAS (6)

branches 2

cleft 2

clefts 1

crannies 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (6)

down to the cleft 1

in the cleft 1

in the outermost branches 1

into the caverns 1

its branches 1

under the clefts 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2493) p o x (סאהפ SAhP) AC: Divide CO: Fork AB: ?: A fork in a branch.

V) p o x (סאהפ SAhP) - Divide: To divide by cutting off. KJV (1): (vf: Piel) lop - Strongs: H5586 (סָעַף)

N^m) p o x (סאהפ SAhP) - Divided: Being divided in thought or double minded. KJV (1): thought - Strongs: H5588 (סֵעֵף)

N^f1) e p o x (סאהפה SAhPH) - Forked branch: Where nests of birds are made. KJV (2): bough - Strongs: H5589 (סְעַפָּה)

b^f) p i o x (סאהיפ SAhYP) - I. Division:[df: PeV]II. Cleft:A division in a rock. KJV (9): opinion, thought, top, branch, clift - Strongs: H5585 (סָעִיף), H5587 (שָׂעִף)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[סָעִיף] noun [masculine]

1 cleft.

2 branch; —

1 cleft of a crag, construct סְעִיף סֶלַע Judges 15:8,11; plural construct וּבִסְעִפֵֿי הַסְּלָעִים Isaiah 2:21; ׳סְעִיפֵי הַסּ Isaiah 57:5.

2 branches, boughs, plural construct סְעִפֵֿי הַמֹּרִיָּה Isaiah 17:6 (so divide, Hi Kn Di Dr^{Sm xxx} Du and others) the boughs of the fruit-tree; suffix סְעִיפֶיהָ Isaiah 27:10 (of ruined city; compare קְצִירָהּ Isaiah 27:11).

List of Word Forms

בִּסְעִ֖יף בִּסְעִפֶ֙יהָ֙ בסעיף בסעפיה וּבִסְעִפֵ֖י ובסעפי סְעִיף֮ סְעִפֵ֥י סְעִפֶֽיהָ׃ סעיף סעפי סעפיה׃ bis‘îp̄ bis‘ip̄ehā bis·‘i·p̄e·hā bis·‘îp̄ bisIf bisiFeiha sə‘îp̄ sə‘ip̄ê sə‘ip̄ehā sə·‘i·p̄ê sə·‘i·p̄e·hā sə·‘îp̄ seIf seiFei seiFeiha ū·ḇis·‘i·p̄ê ūḇis‘ip̄ê uvisiFei