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Lexicon :: Strong's H5585 - sᵊʿîp̄

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סְעִיף
Transliteration
sᵊʿîp̄
Pronunciation
saw-eef'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1527a

Strong’s Definitions

סָעִיף çâʻîyph, saw-eef'; from H5586; a fissure (of rocks); also a bough (as subdivided):—(outmost) branch, clift, top.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H5585 in the following manner: top (3x), branches (2x), clifts (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H5585 in the following manner: top (3x), branches (2x), clifts (1x).

  1. cleft, branch

    1. cleft (of a crag)

    2. branches, boughs

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סָעִיף çâʻîyph, saw-eef'; from H5586; a fissure (of rocks); also a bough (as subdivided):—(outmost) branch, clift, top.
STRONGS H5585: Abbreviations
† [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 DrSm xxx Du and others) the boughs of the fruit-tree; suffix סְעִיפֶיהָ Isaiah 27:10 (of ruined city; compare קְצִירָהּ Isaiah 27:11).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

15:8; 15:11

Isaiah

2:21; 17:6; 27:10; 27:11; 57:5

H5585

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5585 matches the Hebrew סְעִיף (sᵊʿîp̄),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:8 - And he smote them leg on thigh with a great overthrow; and went down and dwelt in a cave of the rock Etam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:11 - And the three thousand men of Juda went down to the hole of the rock Etam, and they said to Sampson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines rule over us? and what is this that thou hast done to us? and Sampson said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:21 - to enter into the caverns of the solid rock, and into the clefts of the rocks, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to strike terribly the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:6 - and as if there should be left stubble therein, or as it were the berries of an olive tree, two or three on the topmost bough, or as if four or five should be left on their branches; thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:10 - The flock that dwelt there shall be left, as a deserted flock; and the ground shall be for a long time for pasture, and there shall flocks lie down to rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:5 - who call upon idols under the leafy trees, slaying [fn]your children in the valleys among the rocks?
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