Topic
Cleave
16 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 2:24ISBE
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
- Genesis 22:3ISBE
¶ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
- Judges 15:19ISBE
But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
- Ruth 1:14ISBE
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
- 1 Samuel 6:14ISBE
And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.
- Psalms 74:15ISBE
Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.
- Psalms 78:15ISBE
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
- Psalms 137:6ISBE
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
- Psalms 141:7ISBE
Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
- Ecclesiastes 10:9ISBE
Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
- Habakkuk 3:9ISBE
Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
- Matthew 19:5ISBE
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
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- Acts 4:23 ISBE
- Acts 11:23 ISBE
- Acts 17:34 ISBE
- Romans 12:9 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 16 references
klev: Is used in the Bible in two different senses:
(1) baqa` "to split," or "to rend." We are told that Abraham "clave the wood for the burnt-offering" (Ge 22:3), and that "they clave the wood of the cart" (1Sa 6:14). The Psalmist speaks of Yahweh cleaving fountain and flood (Ps 74:15), and the plowman cleaving the earth (Ps 141:7). For other examples see Jud 15:19; Ec 10:9; Ps 78:15; Hab 3:9.
(2) dabhaq; kollao, "to adhere to," or "to join one's self to." This meaning is the reverse of the preceding. The Psalmist speaks of his tongue cleaving to the roof of his mouth (Ps 137:6). We are told that a man should cleave unto his wife (Ge 2:24; Mt 19:5). It is said that Ru clave unto her mother-in-law (Ru 1:14), and that certain men clave unto Paul (Ac 17:34; compare Ac 4:23; 11:23 margin).
"Cleave" is also used in this sense to describe one's adherence to principles. Paul admonished the Romans to cleave to that which is good (Ro 12:9).
A. W. Fortune
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.