Fragment
שְׁבָבִיםStrong’s H7616shavav (sha-vav)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Shavav is the Hebrew word usually translated “fragments”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.”
Meaning
- Splinters, fragmentmeaning probable
How it's translated
- fragments 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hosea 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
שְׁבָבִים shavav · fragment
1) splinters, fragment 1a) meaning probable
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “fragment” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FRAG'MENT, noun
[Latin fragmentum, from frango, to break.]
- A part broken off; a piece separated from any thing by breaking.“Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing is lost” John 6:12
- A part separated from the rest; an imperfect part; as fragments of ancient writings.
- A small detached portion; as fragments of time.
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.