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סְעִפָּה

sa.iph

division

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Strong’s H5587aNoun, feminine1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

crutches1

In the text

1 Kings 18:21הַסְּעִפִּים
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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[סְעִפָּה] n.f. division, divided opinion;—pl. abs. 1 K 18:21

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.