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Cleave [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To stick; to adhere; to hold to.

2. My bones cleave to my skin. Psalms 102:5 .

3. Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth. Psalms 137:6 .

4. CLEAVE to that which is good. Romans 12:9 .

5. To unite aptly; to fit; to sit well on.

6. To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment.

7. A man shall leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife. Genesis 2:24 . Math. 19.

8. CLEAVE to Jehovah your God. Joshua 23:8 .

9. To part; to open; to crack; to separate, as parts of cohering bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost.

10. The mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof. Zechariah 14:4 .

Cleave [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to open or serve the cohering parts of a body, by cutting or by the application of force; as, to cleave wood; to cleave a rock; to cleave the flood. Psa 74.

2. To part or open naturally.

3. Every beast that cleaveth the cleft into two claws. Deuteronomy 14:1 .

Cleave [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.

2. To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment.

3. To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate.

4. To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost.

Cleave [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.

2. To part or open naturally; to divide.

Cleaved [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Split; rived; divided.

Cleaved Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Cleaved [Imperfect tense] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Cleaved [Past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Cleavelandite [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A mineral, generally of a white or grayish white color, sometimes blue or bluish or reddish; called also siliceous felspar, or albite.

Cleavelandite [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A variety of albite, white and lamellar in structure.

Cleaver [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who cleaves; that which cleaves; a butchers instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces.

Cleaver [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces.

Cleavers [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc.

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Genesis 2:24

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Leviticus 1:17

And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

He shall tear it open by its wings, without dividing the bird completely. And the priest is to burn it on the altar atop the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Deuteronomy 4:4

But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.

But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.

Deuteronomy 10:20

Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.

You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.

Deuteronomy 11:22

For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;

For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—

Deuteronomy 13:4

Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.

You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.

Deuteronomy 13:17

And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,

Deuteronomy 14:6

And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.

Deuteronomy 28:21

The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess.

Deuteronomy 28:60

Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.

He will afflict you again with all the diseases you dreaded in Egypt, and they will cling to you.

Deuteronomy 30:20

That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Joshua 22:5

But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

Joshua 23:8

But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.

Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.

Joshua 23:12

Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:

For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,

2 Kings 3:3

Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

Nevertheless, he clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.

2 Kings 5:27

The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever!” And as Gehazi left his presence, he was leprous—as white as snow.

Job 16:13

His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.

Job 19:20

My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

Job 29:10

The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

Job 31:7

If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,