Cleave

CLEAVE, verb intransitive

1. To stick; to adhere; to hold to.

My bones cleave to my skin. [[Psalms 102#5|Psalms 102:5]].

Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth. [[Psalms 137#6|Psalms 137:6]].

CLEAVE to that which is good. [[Romans 12#9|Romans 12:9]].

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#24|Genesis 2:24]]. Math. 19.

CLEAVE to Jehovah your God. [[Joshua 23#8|Joshua 23:8]].

CLEAVE, verb transitive

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. Psa 74.

2. To part or open naturally.

Every beast that cleaveth the cleft into two claws. [[Deuteronomy 14#1|Deuteronomy 14:1]].

CLEAVE, verb intransitive 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#4|Zechariah 14:4]].