חָבַק chavaq

Hebrew word for “to embrace” · Strong’s H2263 · used 13 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

1) to embrace, clasp; 1a) (Qal); 1a1) to embrace; 1a2) to fold one's hands in idleness (fig.); 1b) (Piel) to embrace

How it is translated

Glosses given for chavaq in context, with how often each is used:

• embraced 3
• embrace 2
• embraces 2
• will be embracing 1
• will embrace 1
• may you embrace? 1
• embracing 1
• folding 1
• have embraced 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 29 (1), Genesis 33 (1), Genesis 48 (1), 2 Kings 4 (1), Job 24 (1), Proverbs 4 (1), Proverbs 5 (1), Ecclesiastes 3 (1), Ecclesiastes 4 (1), Song of Solomon 2 (1)

Forms

• ויחבק 2
• חבקו 2
• תחבקני 2
• ויחבקהו 1
• חבקת 1
• תחבקנה 1
• ותחבק 1
• לחבוק 1
• מחבק 1
• חבק 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chavaq more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• נָשַׁק nashaq “to kiss” 3
• שְׂמֹאל semol “left” 2
• רוּץ ruts “to run” 2
• כָּבֵד kavad “to honor” 2
• יָמִין yamin “right” 2
• קָרָא qara “to encounter” 2
• עֵת et “time” 2
• תַּחַת tachat “underneath” 2
• רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 2
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 2

Key verses

The verses using chavaq that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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…
• Genesis 33:4 — And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
• 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.
• 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…
• Job 24:8 — They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
• Proverbs 4:8 — Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
• Proverbs 5:20 — And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
• 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;
• Ecclesiastes 4:5 — The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
• Song of Solomon 2:6 — His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
• Song of Solomon 8:3 — His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
• Lamentations 4:5 — They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.