חֵיק cheq

Hebrew word for “bosom” · Strong’s H2436 · used 38 times in 34 verses

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Meaning

: embrace/chest; bosom, hollow, bottom, midst

Senses in the lexicon

• bosom: embrace (20)
• bosom: lap (10)
• bosom: garment (6)
• bosom: secret (2)

How it is translated

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

• bosom 34
• gutter 3
• bottom 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 43 (3), Exodus 4 (2), Deuteronomy 28 (2), 2 Samuel 12 (2), Isaiah 65 (2), Genesis 16 (1), Numbers 11 (1), Deuteronomy 13 (1), Ruth 4 (1), 1 Kings 1 (1)

Forms

• בחיקך 5
• חיקך 4
• חיק 3
• חיקם 3
• חיקו 2
• בחיקה 2
• ובחיקו 2
• בחיקי 2
• בחיק 2
• בחיקו 2

Words used with it

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

• שָׁכַב shakhav “to lie down” 5
• עָנֹג anog “dainty” 2
• רֹחַב rochav “width” 3
• עֲזָרָה azarah “enclosure” 2
• אָמַן aman “be faithful” 3
• אַמָּה ammah “cubit” 3
• רַךְ rakh “tender” 2
• שֹׁחַד shachad “bribe” 2
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 4
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 4
• סֵתֶר seter “secrecy” 2
• אִם im “if” 4

Key verses

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

• 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,…
• 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.
• Psalms 79:12 — And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
• Psalms 89:50 — Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
• Proverbs 16:33 — The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
• Proverbs 17:23 — A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
• Ecclesiastes 7:9 — Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
• 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.
• Isaiah 65:6 — Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
• Isaiah 65:7 — Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills:…
• Jeremiah 32:18 — Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty…
• 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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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.