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Word of the Day: Catachrestical

Cleft [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as the cleft of a rock. Isaiah 2:21 .

2. A disease in horses; a crack on the bought of the pastern.

3. A piece made by splitting; as a cleft of wood.

Cleft [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

of cleave. Divided; split; parted asunder.

Cleft Webster's Dictionary 1913

imp. & p. p. from Cleave.

Cleft [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Divided; split; partly divided or split.

2. Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf.

Cleft [Imperfect tense] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Cleave

Cleft [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock.

2. A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood.

3. A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.

Cleft [Past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Cleave

Cleft-footed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having a cloven foot.

Cleft-graft [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To engraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a cion.

Cleftgraft [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To ingraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a scion.

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8 KJV and 7 BSB verses contain “cleft”

Exodus 33:22

And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:

and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.

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.

Song of Solomon 2:14

O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.

Isaiah 2:21

To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.

Isaiah 7:19

And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.

And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines and clefts of the rocks, in all the thornbushes and watering holes.

Isaiah 57:5

Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?

who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

Jeremiah 16:16

Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.

Jeremiah 49:16

Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.

The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

Amos 6:11

For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.”

Obadiah 1:3

The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’

Micah 1:4

And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.

The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.

2 Esdras 16:28

For of a city there shall be ten left, and two of the field, which shall hide themselves in the thick groves, and in the clefts of the rocks.