Bible Dictionaries
Rive

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles.

(2):

(v. i.) To be split or rent asunder.

(3):

(n.) A place torn; a rent; a rift.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rive'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/rive.html. 1828.