King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2288
Transliteration: chagavim
Phonetic Spelling: (khag-awv')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: places of concealment, retreats
Meaning: places of concealment, retreats
Word 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.)