חָבַקchâbaq/khaw-bak'/
HebrewH226314 occurrences (KJV)
to clasp (the hands or in embrace)
KJV renders it: embrace, fold.
Where it appears(showing the first 12 of 14)
- Gen 29:13When Laban heard the news of Jacob, his sister’s son, he ran to meet Jacob, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things.
- Gen 33:4Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.
- Gen 48:10Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn’t see. He brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
- 2 Kgs 4:16He said, “At this season, when the time comes around, you will embrace a son.” She said, “No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your servant.”
- Job 24:8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.
- Prov 4:8Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.
- Prov 5:20For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
- Eccl 3:5a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
- Eccl 4:5The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
- Song 2:6His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.
- Song 8:3His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.
- Lam 4:5Those who fed delicately are desolate in the streets: Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.