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חֵיק

cheq

bosom: embrace

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Strong’s H2436Noun, masculine38 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

bosom29

the bosom of4

the bottom of1

the bosom1

a gutter1

the gutter of1

gutter1

In the text

Exodus 4:6בְּחֵיקֶךָ
Furthermore, the LORD said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, white as snow.
Deuteronomy 13:6חֵיקֶךָ
If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,
1 Kings 1:2בְחֵיקֶךָ
So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”
Psalm 35:13חֵיקִי
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
Proverbs 5:20חֵק
Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
Isaiah 40:11וּבְחֵיקוֹ
He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חֵיק, חֵק n.[m.] bosom

1. of fold of garment, at breast

2. carry in bosom

3. bosom as part of body

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.