Definition

a twig

Etymology

feminine of H5585 (סָעִיף);

Word family

• סָעִיף çâʻîyph

How the KJV renders it

• bough
• branch. Compare H5634 (סַרְעַפָּה)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.