Hebrew noun (masculine) · H2373
חָזֶה
chazehkhaw-zeh'
breast
13 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: châzeh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2373is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2373
the breast (as most seen in front)
The King James renders it: breast.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chazeh is rendered "breast". It stands 13 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Nine of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 29:26Take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s ordination and wave it before the LORD as a wave offering, and it will be your portion.
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
Take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s ordination and wave it before the LORD as a wave offering, and it will be your portion.
Exodus 29:26הֶֽחָזֶ֗ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Nine of the word's thirteen uses are in Leviticus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the breast5
- breast of4
- the breasts2
- and breast of1
- like breast of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 13, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- חֲזֵ֣ה2
- חֲזֵ֨ה2
- הֶֽחָזֶ֗ה1
- הֶֽחָזֶה֙1
- הֶחָזֶ֗ה1
- הֶֽחָזֶ֔ה1
- הֶ֣חָזֶ֔ה1
- הֶחָז֑וֹת1
- הֶחָז֗וֹת1
- וַחֲזֵ֣ה1
- כַּחֲזֵ֧ה1
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular5HTd/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HNcmsc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural2HTd/Ncfpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmsc
Exodus
two uses
Take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s ordination and wave it before the LORD as a wave offering, and it will be your portion.
- הֶֽחָזֶ֗הhechazehthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the breast
Consecrate for Aaron and his sons the breast of the wave offering that is waved and the thigh of the heave offering that is lifted up from the ram of ordination.
- חֲזֵ֣הchazehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: breast of
Leviticus
nine uses
With his own hands he is to bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD; he shall bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before the LORD.
- הֶֽחָזֶה֙hechazehthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the breast
- הֶחָזֶ֗הhechazehthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the breast
The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.
- הֶֽחָזֶ֔הhechazehthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the breast
I have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a permanent portion from the sons of Israel.’”
- חֲזֵ֨הchazehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: breast of
He also took the breast—Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination—and waved it before the LORD as a wave offering, as the LORD had commanded him.
- הֶ֣חָזֶ֔הhechazehthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the breast
and placed these on the breasts. Aaron burned the fat portions on the altar,
- הֶחָז֑וֹתhechazotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the breasts
but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.
- הֶחָז֗וֹתhechazotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the breasts
And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the peace offerings of the sons of Israel.
- חֲזֵ֨הchazehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: breast of
They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the offerings made by fire, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.”
- וַחֲזֵ֣הvachazehconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and breast of
Numbers
two uses
The priest shall then wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. This is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the wave offering and the thigh that was presented. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.
- חֲזֵ֣הchazehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: breast of
And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.
- כַּחֲזֵ֧הkachazehpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like breast of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.