TBESH · H2263
חָבַק · cha.vaq · to embrace
1) to embrace, clasp 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to embrace 1a2) to fold one's hands in idleness (fig.) 1b) (Piel) to embrace
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cha.vaq H2263
חָבַק (cha.vaq) means “to embrace” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
חָבַק Hebrew · H2263 13 tagged occurrences in 12 verses
Pronunciation guide: khaw-bak' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root; to clasp (the hands or in embrace)
KJV glosses: embrace, fold.
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How translators render H2263
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| embraces me | 2 |
| and embraced | 1 |
| and embraced him | 1 |
| folds | 1 |
| from embracing | 1 |
| he embraced | 1 |
| huddle | 1 |
| or embrace | 1 |
| they huddle | 1 |
| to embrace | 1 |
| will hold | 1 |
| you embrace her | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and embrace | 2 |
| and embraced | 1 |
| doth embrace | 1 |
| embrace | 1 |
| foldeth | 1 |
| from embracing | 1 |
| him and embraced | 1 |
| should embrace | 1 |
| them and embraced | 1 |
| thou shalt embrace | 1 |
| to embrace | 1 |
| together | 1 |
| when thou dost embrace | 1 |
Verses containing H2263
Page 1 of 1. 12 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 29:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.
Read word by word - Genesis 33:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.
Read word by word - Genesis 48:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 4:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”
Read word by word - Job 24:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
Read word by word - Proverbs 4:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.
Read word by word - Proverbs 5:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 3:5
· BSB · 2 occurrences
a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 4:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.
Read word by word - Song of Solomon 2:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
Read word by word - Song of Solomon 8:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
Read word by word - Lamentations 4:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.
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