סָעַף
sāʿap
lop off boughs
Strong's H5586VerbHebrewTWOT 1527c

סָעַף (sāʿap) is a Hebrew verb meaning lop off boughs. It appears 1 time in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5586).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1527c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1527c)lop off boughs; disbranch; top
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

סֵעֵף verb: lop off boughs

Piel denominative lop off boughs

Strong's H5586 סָעַף: to disbranch (a tree)
KJV:top.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1527: סעף sʿp — Root of: סָעִיף cleft, branch; סֵעֵף divided, half-hearted; סָעַף lop off boughs; סְעִפָּה division, divided opinion; סְעַפָּה bough, branch; סַרְעַפָּה bough

See it in Scripture

Isaiah 10:33

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