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H2263Hebrew

חָבַק

Definition and meaning

chabaq (khaw-bak') v. 1. to clasp (the hands or in embrace) [a primitive root] KJV: embrace, fold.

Tagged KJV passages

12 matching verses - 14.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

Genesis 29:13

And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

Matched English: embraced
Genesis 33:4

And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

Matched English: embraced
Genesis 48:10

Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

Matched English: embraced
2 Kings 4:16

And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.

Matched English: embrace
Job 24:8

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

Matched English: embrace
Proverbs 4:8

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

Matched English: embrace
Proverbs 5:20

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Matched English: embrace
Ecclesiastes 3:5

A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

Matched English: embrace, embracing
Ecclesiastes 4:5

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

Matched English: foldeth, together
Song of Solomon 2:6

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.

Matched English: embrace
Song of Solomon 8:3

His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.

Matched English: embrace
Lamentations 4:5

They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

Matched English: embrace