חָזֶה chazeh
Hebrew word for “breast” · Strong’s H2373 · used 13 times in 12 verses
Meaning
breast (of animals), breast of an animal sacrifice; Aramaic equivalent: cha.di (חֲדִי "breast" H2306)
How it is translated
Glosses given for chazeh in context, with how often each is used:
- breast 10
- breasts 2
- like the breast 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 7 (3), Exodus 29 (2), Leviticus 9 (2), Leviticus 10 (2), Leviticus 8 (1), Numbers 6 (1), Numbers 18 (1)
Forms
- החזה 5
- חזה 4
- החזות 2
- וחזה 1
- כחזה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with chazeh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- תְּנוּפָה tenuphah “wave offering” 10
- שׁוֹק shoq “leg” 7
- נוּף nuph “to wave” 7
- תְּרוּמָה terumah “contribution” 5
- חֵלֶב chelev “fat” 4
- מִלֻּא millu “setting” 3
- אַהֲרֹן aharon “Aaron” 5
- חֹק choq “statute” 3
- מָנָה manah “portion” 2
- אַיִל ayil “ram” 3
- אִשֶּׁה ishshah “food offering” 2
- צָוָה tsavah “to command” 3
Key verses
The verses using chazeh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 29:26 — And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part.
- Exodus 29:27 — And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the…
- Leviticus 7:30 — His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering…
- Leviticus 7:31 — And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.
- Leviticus 7:34 — For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto…
- Leviticus 8:29 — And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses’ part; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Leviticus 9:20 — And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar:
- Leviticus 9:21 — And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.
- Leviticus 10:14 — And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons’ due,…
- Leviticus 10:15 — The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it…
- Numbers 6:20 — And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the…
- Numbers 18:18 — And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.
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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.