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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