Strong H2436H2436Gחֵיק

bosom: embrace

One of the 4 senses of Strong H2436

Transliteration
chêyq chêq chôq
Pronunciation
{khake} {khake} khoke
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

: embrace/chest
bosom, hollow, bottom, midst

General definition

From an unused {root} apparently meaning to inclose; the bosom (literally or figuratively): - {bosom} {bottom} {lap} {midst} within.

In the Bible

Strong H2436G appears in 19 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • bosom18
  • within1

First verses

  1. Genesis 16:5
    And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the Lord judge between me and thee.
  2. Numbers 11:12
    Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
  3. Deuteronomy 13:6
    If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
  4. Deuteronomy 28:54
    So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
  5. Deuteronomy 28:56
    The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
  6. Ruth 4:16
    And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
  7. 2 Samuel 12:3
    But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
  8. 2 Samuel 12:8
    And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
  9. 1 Kings 1:2
    Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
  10. 1 Kings 3:20
    And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
  11. 1 Kings 17:19
    And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
  12. Job 19:27
    Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
  13. Psalms 35:13
    But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
  14. Psalms 89:50
    Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
  15. Proverbs 5:20
    And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
  16. Ecclesiastes 7:9
    Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
  17. Isaiah 40:11
    He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
  18. Lamentations 2:12
    They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers’ bosom.
  19. Micah 7:5
    Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
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