Deuteronomy 14:6
And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
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Cleaveth
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Luke 10:11
Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
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5 occurrences in 5 verses.
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דָּבַק
dâbaq · daw-bak'
6 times translated as this KJV form54 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
Strong's KJV usage: abide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 19:20Strong's last: Lamentations 4:4
Open full H1692 profile →בָּקַע
bâqaʻ · baw-kah'
2 times translated as this KJV form51 total Strong's occurrences
to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open
Strong's KJV usage: make a breach, break forth (into, out, in pieces, through, up), be ready to burst, cleave (asunder), cut out, divide, hatch, rend (asunder), rip up, tear, win.
Strong's first: Psalms 141:7Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 10:9
Open full H1234 profile →κολλάω
kolláō · kol-lah'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
to glue, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to stick (figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--cleave, join (self), keep company.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 10:11Strong's last: Luke 10:11
Open full G2853 profile →פָּלַח
pâlach · paw-lakh'
1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
to slice, i.e. break open or pierce
Strong's KJV usage: bring forth, cleave, cut, shred, strike through.
Strong's first: Job 16:13Strong's last: Job 16:13
Open full H6398 profile →צָפַד
tsâphad · tsaw-fad'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
to adhere
Strong's KJV usage: cleave.
Strong's first: Lamentations 4:8Strong's last: Lamentations 4:8
Open full H6821 profile →שֶׁסַע
sheçaʻ · sheh'-sah
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a fissure
Strong's KJV usage: cleft, clovenfooted.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 14:6Strong's last: Deuteronomy 14:6
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H1692
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
H6821
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
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cleave
CLEAVE, verb intransitive
1. To stick; to adhere; to hold to.
My bones cleave to my skin. Psalms 102:5.
Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth. Psalms 137:6.
CLEAVE to that which is good. Romans 12:9.
2. To unite aptly; to fit; to sit well on.
3. To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment.
A man shall leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife. Genesis 2:24. Math. 19.
CLEAVE to Jehovah your God. Joshua 23:8.
CLEAVE, verb transitive
1. To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to open or serve the cohering parts of a body, by cutting or by the application of force; as, to cleave wood; to cleave a rock; to cleave the flood. Psa 74.
2. To part or open naturally.
Every beast that cleaveth the cleft into two claws. Deuteronomy 14:1.
CLEAVE, verb intransitive To part; to open; to crack; to separate, as parts of cohering bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost.
The mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof. Zechariah 14:4.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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