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Lexicon :: Strong's H8156 - šāsaʿ

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שָׁסַע
Transliteration
šāsaʿ
Pronunciation
shaw-sah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2427

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁסַע shâçaʻ, shaw-sah'; a primitive root; to split or tear; figuratively, to upbraid:—cleave, (be) cloven (footed), rend, stay.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H8156 in the following manner: clovenfooted (3x), cleave (2x), rent (2x), cleft (1x), stayed (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H8156 in the following manner: clovenfooted (3x), cleave (2x), rent (2x), cleft (1x), stayed (1x).

  1. to divide, cleave, part, split

    1. (Qal) cleaving, cleft (participle)

    2. (Piel) to tear in two, cleave in two

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁסַע shâçaʻ, shaw-sah'; a primitive root; to split or tear; figuratively, to upbraid:—cleave, (be) cloven (footed), rend, stay.
STRONGS H8156: Abbreviations
† [שָׁסַע] verb divide, cleave (Late Hebrew Pi. tear spart; TargumJer Pa. Lamentations 3:11 tear in pieces (for HCT פִּשֵּׁחַ)); —
Qal Participle (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb שֶׁ֫סַע): masculine singular וְשֹׁסַע שֶׁסַע מַּרְסָה Leviticus 11:7 (P; on שֹׁ׳ compare LagBN 84) cleaving the cleft of the hoof, i.e. having cloven hoof, so feminine singular שֹׁסַ֫עַת Leviticus 11:3, compare Deuteronomy 14:6; שֶׁסַע אֵינֶנָּה שֹׁסַ֫עַת Leviticus 11:26 (P); passive הַמַּרְסָה הַשְּׁסוּעָה Deuteronomy 14:7.
Pi. tear in two, a lion, kid, Imperfect, Infinitive construct וַיְשַׁסְּעֵהוּ כְּשַׁסַּע הַגְּדִי Judges 14:6; a bird (by, or at, its wings), Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive וְשִׁסַּע אֹתוֺ Leviticus 1:17 (P); imperfect 3rd person masculine singular (אֶתאֲֿנָשָׁיו בַּדְּבָרִים) וַיְשַׁסַּע 1 Samuel 24:8 gives too violent a meaning; probably corrupt for word = restrain, or the like Dr HPS, compare Bu Now (hesitantly).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

1:17; 11:3; 11:7; 11:26

Deuteronomy

14:6; 14:7

Judges

14:6

1 Samuel

24:8

Lamentations

3:11

H8156

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8156 matches the Hebrew שָׁסַע (šāsaʿ),
which occurs 9 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:17 - And he shall cleave H8156 it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:3 - Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, H8156 and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:7 - And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, H8156 yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:26 - The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, H8156 nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:6 - And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft H8156 into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:7 - Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven H8156 hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:6 - And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent H8156 him as he would have rent H8156 a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:7 - So David stayed H8156 his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
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