Hebrew noun (masculine) · H2436
חֵיק
cheqkhake
bosom: embrace
38 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chêyq
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2436is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 16 of 39Old Testament books
- 33spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2436
the bosom (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within.
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
cheq is rendered "bosom: embrace". It stands 38 times in the Hebrew text, across sixteen books.
- Five of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 16:5Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”
- The Greek text spells it thirty-three different ways.
The first use
Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”
Genesis 16:5בְּחֵיקֶ֔ךָ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- in bosom your5
- bosom your4
- bosom of3
- bosom their3
- in bosom my3
- and in bosom his2
- bosom his2
- in bosom his2
- in the bosom2
- and a gutter1
- and from gutter of1
- and the gutter1
and 9 more, 38 uses in all
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.
The words it stands beside
All 38, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
33 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
- בְּחֵיקֶ֔ךָ3
- בְּחֵיק֑וֹ2
- חֵ֥יק2
- חֵיקֶ֔ךָ2
- בְּחֵ֥יק1
- בַּ֭חֵיק1
- בְחֵיקָ֔הּ1
- בְּחֵיקָ֑הּ1
- בְ֝חֵיקִ֗י1
- בְחֵיקִֽי׃1
- בְחֵיקֶ֗ךָ1
- בְחֵיקֶ֔ךָ1
and 21 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular5HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HNcmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular4HNcmsc/Sp2ms
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural3HNcmsc/Sp3mp
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular3HR/Ncmsc/Sp1bs
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular3HR/Ncmsc/Sp3fs
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HC/R/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HNcmsc/Sp3ms
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2HRd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/R/Ncmsc
Genesis
one use
Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”
- בְּחֵיקֶ֔ךָbecheikechapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: in bosom your
Exodus
five uses
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.
- בְּחֵיקֶ֔ךָbecheikechapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: in bosom your
- בְּחֵיק֑וֹbecheikopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in bosom his
“Put your hand back inside your cloak,” said the LORD. So Moses put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his skin.
- חֵיקֶ֔ךָcheikechanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: bosom your
- חֵיק֑וֹcheikonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: bosom his
- מֵֽחֵיק֔וֹmecheikopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: from bosom his
Numbers
one use
Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?
- בְחֵיקֶ֗ךָvecheikechapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: in bosom your
Deuteronomy
three uses
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,
- חֵיקֶ֗ךָcheikechanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: bosom your
The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,
- חֵיק֔וֹcheikonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: bosom his
The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter
- חֵיקָ֔הּcheikahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: bosom her
Ruth
one use
And Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became a nurse to him.
- בְחֵיקָ֔הּvecheikahpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: on bosom her
2 Samuel
two uses
but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.
- וּבְחֵיק֣וֹuvecheikoconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and in bosom his
I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.
- בְּחֵיקֶ֔ךָbecheikechapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: in bosom your
1 Kings
five uses
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.”
- בְחֵיקֶ֔ךָvecheikechapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: in bosom your
So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.
- בְּחֵיקָ֑הּbecheikahpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: in bosom her
- בְחֵיקִֽי׃vecheikipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in bosom my
But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.
- מֵחֵיקָ֗הּmecheikahpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: from bosom her
The battle raged throughout that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. And the blood from his wound ran out onto the floor of the chariot, and that evening he died.
- חֵ֥יקcheiknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bottom of
Job
one use
I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!
- בְּחֵקִֽי׃bechekipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in bosom my
Psalms
four uses
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
- חֵיקִ֥יcheikinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: bosom my
Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!
- חֵֽיקְךָ֣cheikechanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: bosom your
Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
- חֵיקָ֑םcheikamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: bosom their
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
- בְ֝חֵיקִ֗יvecheikipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in bosom my
Proverbs
five uses
Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
- חֵ֣קcheknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bosom of
Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
- בְּחֵיק֑וֹbecheikopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in bosom his
The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.
- בַּ֭חֵיקbacheikpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the bosom
A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.
- מֵ֭חֵיקmecheikpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from bosom
A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.
- בַּ֝חֵ֗קbachekpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the bosom
Ecclesiastes
one use
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
- בְּחֵ֥יקbecheikpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in bosom of
Isaiah
three uses
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.
- וּבְחֵיק֖וֹuvecheikoconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and in bosom his
Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,
- חֵיקָֽם׃cheikamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: bosom their
both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”
- חֵיקָֽם׃ סcheikamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: bosom their
Jeremiah
one use
You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,
- חֵ֥יקcheiknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bosom of
Lamentations
one use
They cry out to their mothers: “Where is the grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers.
- חֵ֖יקcheiknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bosom of
Ezekiel
three uses
These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits (a cubit and a handbreadth): Its gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this is the height of the altar:
- וְחֵ֨יקvecheikconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and a gutter
The space from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide. The space from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide.
- וּמֵחֵ֨יקumecheikconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and from gutter of
The ledge shall also be square, fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide, with a rim of half a cubit and a gutter of a cubit all around it. The steps of the altar shall face east.”
- וְהַֽחֵיק־vehacheik-conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the gutter
Micah
one use
Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
- חֵיקֶ֔ךָcheikechanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: bosom your
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.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.