CLEAVE,
1. To stick to adhere to hold to.
My bones cleave to my skin. Psalms 102 .
Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth. Psalms 137 .
Cleave to that which is good. Romans 12 .
2. To unite aptly to fit to sit well on.
3. To unite or be united closely in interest or affection to adhere with strong attachment.
A man shall leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife. Genesis 2 . Math. 19.
Cleave to Jehovah your God. Joshua 23 .
CLEAVE,
1. To part or divide by force to split or rive to open or serve the cohering parts of a body, by cutting or by the application of force as, to cleave wood to cleave a rock to cleave the flood. Psalms 74 .
2. To part or open naturally.
Every beast that cleaveth the cleft into two claws. Deuteronomy 14 .
CLEAVE, To part to open to crack to separate, as parts of cohering bodies as, the ground cleaves by frost.
The mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof. Zechariah 14 .