Hebrew noun (feminine) · H5587
סָעִף
saiphsaw-eef'
division; disquietings
3 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: çâʻiph
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5587is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5587
divided (in mind), i.e. (abstractly) a sentiment
The King James renders it: opinion.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
saiph is rendered "division; disquietings". It stands 3 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "division".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Kings 18:21Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
1 Kings 18:21הַסְּעִפִּים֒
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: division, and disquietings.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| divisionStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where1 Kings 18:21Then Elijah approached all the people and said… |
| disquietingsStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- disquieting thoughts my1
- in disquieting thoughts1
- the crutches1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| סָעִיף | saiph | cleft | Uses6 |
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בִּ֭שְׂעִפִּים1
- הַסְּעִפִּים֒1
- שְׂעִפַּ֣י1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcmpc/Sp1bs
- preposition + noun · masculine plural1HR/Ncmpa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1HTd/Ncmpa
1 Kings
one use
Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
- הַסְּעִפִּים֒haseipimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the crutches
Job
two uses
In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
- בִּ֭שְׂעִפִּיםbisipimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in disquieting thoughts
“So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.
- שְׂעִפַּ֣יseipainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: disquieting thoughts my
The letters
Gematria 210· 930 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.