Cleft
חֲגָוִיםStrong’s H2288chagav (cha-gav)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chagav is the Hebrew word usually translated “clefts of”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.”
Meaning
- Clefts, places of concealment, retreats
How it's translated
- in clefts of 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Song of Solomon 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Obadiah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Jeremiah 49:16Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
- Obadiah 1:3The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
Hebrew dictionary
חֲגָוִים chagav · cleft
clefts, places of concealment, retreats
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “cleft” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CLEFT, participle passive
of cleave. Divided; split; parted asunder.
All definitions and other forms of “cleft”
CLEFT, noun
- A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as the cleft of a rock. Isaiah 2:21
- A disease in horses; a crack on the bought of the pastern.
- A piece made by splitting; as a cleft of wood.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.