Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H8158: שָׁסַף

shâçaph · pronounced shaw-saf' · “to hew”

Definition

to cut in pieces, i.e. slaughter

KJV translates it as: hew in pieces.

Word origin: a primitive root;

Extended definition

1) (Piel) to hew in pieces, cut in pieces
1a) meaning uncertain

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H8158 is translated

  • he cut to pieces ×1

Bible verses with H8158 (shâçaph)

Shâçaph appears in 1 verse.

  • 1 Samuel 15:33

    And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.