Lexical Summary chagavim: places of concealment, retreats Original Word: חֲגָוTransliteration: chagavim Phonetic Spelling: (khag-awv') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: places of concealment, retreats Meaning: places of concealment, retreats Strong's Concordance cleft From an unused root meaning to take refuge; a rift in rocks -- cleft. Brown-Driver-Briggs H2288. chagavim [חֲגָוִים] noun masculine plural places of concealment, retreats, as abode of dove הַסֶּלַע בְּחַגְוֵי יוֺנָתִי Song of Solomon 2:14 (in metaphor); also, hyperbole, as abode of Edom בח ׳שֹׁכְנִּי (ה)סלע Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 3.. חגל (√ of following; Arabic , hobble, hop, whence partridge, compare Syriac , , id.) |