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Lexicon :: Strong's H2288 - ḥăḡāv

Aa
חֲגָו
Transliteration
ḥăḡāv
Pronunciation
khag-awv'
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Part of Speech
masculine plural noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to take refuge
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 603a

Strong’s Definitions

חֲגָו chăgâv, khag-awv'; from an unused root meaning to take refuge; a rift in rocks:—cleft.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H2288 in the following manner: cleft (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H2288 in the following manner: cleft (3x).

  1. clefts, places of concealment, retreats

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֲגָו chăgâv, khag-awv'; from an unused root meaning to take refuge; a rift in rocks:—cleft.
STRONGS H2288: Abbreviations
† [חֲגָוִים] noun masculine plural places of concealment, retreats, as abode of dove יוֺנָתִי בְּחַגְוֵי הַסֶּלַע Songs 2:14 (in metaphor); also, hyperbole, as abode of Edom (ה)סלע שֹׁכְנִּי בח׳ Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 3.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Song of Songs

2:14

Jeremiah

49:16

Obadiah

1:3

H2288

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2288 matches the Hebrew חֲגָו (ḥăḡāv),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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“My dove H3123, in the clefts H2288 of the [fn]rock H5553,

In the hiding H5643 place H5643 of the mountain H4095 pathway H4095,

Let me see H7200 [fn]how H4758 you look H4758,

Let me hear H8085 your voice H6963;

For your voice H6963 is pleasant H6156,

And [fn]you look H4758 delightful H5000.”

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“As for the terror H8606 you cause H8606,

The arrogance H2087 of your heart H3820 has deceived H5378 you,

You who live H7931 in the clefts H2288 of [fn]the rock H5553,

Who occupy H8610 the height H4791 of the hill H1389.

Though H3588 you make H1361 your nest H7064 as high H1361 as an eagle’s H5404,

I will bring H3381 you down H3381 from there H8033,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.

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“The arrogance H2087 of your heart H3820 has deceived H5378 you,

The one who lives H7931 in the clefts H2288 of [fn]the rock H5553,

On the height H4791 of his dwelling H7675 place H7675,

Who says H559 in his heart H3820,

‘Who H4310 will bring H3381 me down H3381 to earth H776?’

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