Shasa שָׁסַע

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Shasa (Hebrew שָׁסַע, Strong's H8156) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to cleave”. It occurs 9 times in 8 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to divide, cleave, part, split
1a) (Qal) cleaving, cleft (participle)
1b) (Piel) to tear in two, cleave in two

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	clovenfooted (2), rent (2), cleave (1), cleft (1), cloven (1), stayed (1)
BSB	he shall tear it open (1), completely divided (1), divided (1), he tore the lion apart (1), one would tear (1), restrained (1)

Every verse with Shasa, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Leviticus 1:17
And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.He shall tear it open by its wings, without dividing the bird completely. And the priest is to burn it on the altar atop the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Leviticus 11:3
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.
Leviticus 11:7
And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
Leviticus 11:26
The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean.

Deuteronomy 14:6
And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.
Deuteronomy 14:7
Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger.

Judges 14:6
And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

1 Samuel 24:7
So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.With these words David restrained his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).