Strong’s H5587 · Hebrew

סָעִף
çâʻiph
saw-eef'

Definition

divided (in mind), i.e. (abstractly) a sentiment

Etymology

or שָׂעִף; from H5586 (סָעַף);

Where the KJV renders it

  • opinion

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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