Quick Definition
to hew
Strong's Definition
to cut in pieces, i.e. slaughter
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: hew in pieces.
TWOT Reference: 2428
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) (Piel) to hew in pieces, cut in pieces
1a) meaning dubious
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁסַף (sha.saph) — to hew. 1) (Piel) to hew in pieces, cut in pieces 1a) meaning uncertain
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Impact | Dead | verb pi
to cut to pieces exact meaning unsure; probably: = causative action by which humans use a sword to kill other humans by cutting them into pieces
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁסַף] vb. dub.: Pi. hew in pieces;—1 S 15:33 ref