Strong H8157שֶׁ֫סַע

cleft

Transliteration
shesa‛
Pronunciation
sheh'-sah
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From H8156; a fissure: - {cleft} clovenfooted.

Detailed definition

cleft, cloven, split

In the Bible

Strong H8157 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • clovenfooted3
  • cleaveth1

First verses

  1. Leviticus 11:3
    Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
  2. Leviticus 11:7
    And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
  3. Leviticus 11:26
    The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.
  4. 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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