Strong’s H5586 · Hebrew
סָעַף
çâʻaph
saw-af'
Definition
to disbranch (a tree)
Etymology
a primitive root; properly, to divide up; but used only as denominative from H5585 (סָעִיף),
Where the KJV renders it
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Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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