סֵעֵף
çêʻêph · H5588 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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double-minded
State in which humans are unable to make up their mind about a certain matter
ExamplesPsalm 119:113 I hate those who are double-minded, But I love Your Law.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שָׂנֵאto hate 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- מַחֲשָׁבָה machăshâbâh · H4284 · plan, plot, scheme
- Common Hebrew noun for thought, plan, or mental conception; broadly overlaps with סֵעֵף in denoting mental activity though מַחֲשָׁבָה is far more frequent and can emphasize planning or devising.
- רַעְיוֹן raʻyôwn · H7476 · cogitation, thought
- Aramaic/late Hebrew noun for thought or mental activity; closely parallel in meaning to סֵעֵף as a term for inward thoughts or reflections.
In the other Testament 2 words
- διαλογισμός dialogismós · G1261 · to think out carefully, to reason thoroughly, to consider carefully
- Greek noun for inward thought, reasoning, or reflection; standard translation equivalent for Hebrew terms denoting mental activity or thoughts.
- ἐνθύμησις enthýmēsis · G1761 · thought, what is thought, opinion
- Greek noun specifically denoting thought or consideration; used in LXX contexts for inward mental processes.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Think002004002013
- A divided or double-minded thought, as when the psalmist declares he hates those who are double-minded but loves the LORD's law.
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5588. seeph II. [סֵעֵף] (Köii. 106) adjective divided, half hearted; — plural absolute…
II. [סֵעֵף] (Köii. 106) adjective divided, half hearted; — plural absolute as substantive, in religious sense, שָׂנֵאתִי סֵעֲפִים Psa 119:113 half-hearted ones do I hate.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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