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cleaveth

Meaning of “cleaveth”

1. Adheres, sticks, or clings closely. 2. Splits, cuts, or divides apart.

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13 occurrences13 verses7 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 14:6

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Lamentations 4:4
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Lamentations 4:4 · retained source text

The tongue of the sucking child cleaueth to the roofe of his mouth for thirst: the young children aske bread, and no man breaketh it vnto them.

Lamentations 4:8
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
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1611 witness · Lamentations 4:8 · retained source text

Their visage is blacker then a cole: they are not knowen in the streets: their skinne cleaueth to their bones: it is withered, it is become like a sticke.

1611 marginal noteHeb. darker then blacknesse.

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