Song of Solomon 2:14
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.
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Clefts
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Obadiah 1:3
The 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?
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חֲגָו
chăgâv · khag-awv'
3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
a rift in rocks
Strong's KJV usage: cleft.
Strong's first: Song of Solomon 2:14Strong's last: Obadiah 1:3
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bᵉqîyaʻ · bek-ee'-ah
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a fissure
Strong's KJV usage: breach, cleft.
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Strong's first: Amos 6:11Strong's last: Amos 6:11
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nᵉqârâh · nek-aw-raw'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a fissure
Strong's KJV usage: cleft, clift.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 2:21Strong's last: Isaiah 2:21
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The 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?
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cleft
CLEFT, participle passive of cleave. Divided; split; parted asunder.
CLEFT, noun
1. A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as the cleft of a rock. Isaiah 2:21.
2. A disease in horses; a crack on the bought of the pastern.
3. A piece made by splitting; as a cleft of wood.
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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