- Original: שׁסף - Transliteration: Shacaph - Phonetic: shaw-saf' - Definition: 1. (Piel) to hew in pieces, cut in pieces a. meaning dubious - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2428 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to cut in pieces that is slaughter: - hew in pieces. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • pieces, 1 1 Samuel 15:33