Cleft
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): imp. & p. p. from Cleave.
(2): (p. p.) of Cleave
(3): (a.) Divided; split; partly divided or split.
(4): (imp.) of Cleave
(5): (a.) Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf.
(6): (n.) A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock.
(7): (n.) A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood.
(8): (n.) A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
King James Dictionary [2]
Cleft, pp. of cleave. Divided split parted asunder.
Cleft, n.
1. A space or opening made by splitting a crack a crevice as the cleft of a rock. Isaiah 2:21 . 2. A disease in horses a crack on the bought of the pastern. 3. A piece made by splitting as a cleft of wood.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(בְּקַיעִ, beki'a, a gap in a building, Amos 6:11; "breach," Isaiah 22:9; שֶׁסע, she'sa, a split in the hoof of an animal, Deuteronomy 14:6; also נְקָרָה, nekarah', a fissure in a rock, Isaiah 2:21; חֲגָוַים, chagavim', refuges in the crags, Song of Solomon 2:14; Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 1:3), or Clift (נְקָרָה, nekariah' crevice in a rock, Exodus 33:22; סְעַי Š, seiph', a rock fissure, Isaiah 57:5; "top" of the rock, Judges 15:8; Judges 15:11; Isaiah 2:21). (See Cave); (See Rock).
