Strong's Hebrew · H2288
H2288 chăgâv
חֲגָו
khag-awv'
cleft
Looking for Greek G2288 thánatos? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H2288. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
chăgâv appears 3 times in Scripture, in Song of Solomon 2:14, Jeremiah 49:16 and Obadiah 1:3. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a rift in rocks
In the King James Version
cleft.
Derivation
from an unused root meaning to take refuge;
Appears 3 times in Scripture
“The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’”
“O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.”
“The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
