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Lexicon :: Strong's H2263 - ḥāḇaq

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חָבַק
Transliteration
ḥāḇaq
Pronunciation
khaw-bak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 597

Strong’s Definitions

חָבַק châbaq, khaw-bak'; a primitive root; to clasp (the hands or in embrace):—embrace, fold.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H2263 in the following manner: embrace (12x), fold (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H2263 in the following manner: embrace (12x), fold (1x).

  1. to embrace, clasp

    1. (Qal)

      1. to embrace

      2. to fold one's hands in idleness (fig.)

    2. (Piel) to embrace

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָבַק châbaq, khaw-bak'; a primitive root; to clasp (the hands or in embrace):—embrace, fold.
STRONGS H2263: Abbreviations
† [חָבַק] verb clasp, embrace (Late Hebrew id.; Targum חַבֵּק; Mandean bdb028706, NSyriac bdb028707; Arabic bdb028708 II. collect one's possessions, etc., Frey) —
Qal Infinitive לַחֲבוֺק Ecclesiastes 3:5; Participle חֹבֵּק Ecclesiastes 4:5; חֹבֶקֶת 2 Kings 4:16; — embrace, with accusative בֵּן 2 Kings 4:16; יָדָיו Ecclesiastes 4:5 (said of הַכְּסִיל = fold his arms, i.e. be idle; compare חִבֻּק); no object expressed Ecclesiastes 3:5 (|| Pi.).
Pi. Perfect חִבְּקוּ Job 24:8; Lamentations 4:5; Imperfect וַיְחַבֵּק Genesis 48:10; וַיְחַבֶּקֿ Genesis 29:13; וַיְחַבְּקֵהוּ Genesis 33:4; 3rd person feminine singular suffix תְּחַבְּקֵ֫נִי Songs 2:6; Songs 8:3; 2nd person masculine singular וּתְחַבֵּק Proverbs 5:20, suffix תְּחַבְּקֶ֫נָּה Proverbs 4:8; Infinitive חַבֵּק Ecclesiastes 3:5; — embrace of person, no object עת לִרְחֹק מֵחַבֵּק Ecclesiastes 3:5 (|| Qal); followed by לְ Genesis 29:13 (J), Genesis 48:10 (E); followed by suffix Genesis 33:4 (J), Proverbs 4:8; Songs 2:6; Songs 8:3; with accusative Proverbs 5:20; embrace צוּר for want of shelter Job 24:8 (of poor); embrace refuse-heaps אשׁפתות Lamentations 4:5, i.e. are outcasts.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

29:13; 29:13; 33:4; 33:4; 48:10; 48:10

2 Kings

4:16; 4:16

Job

24:8; 24:8

Proverbs

4:8; 4:8; 5:20; 5:20

Ecclesiastes

3:5; 3:5; 3:5; 3:5; 4:5; 4:5

Song of Songs

2:6; 2:6; 8:3; 8:3

Lamentations

4:5; 4:5

H2263

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2263 matches the Hebrew חָבַק (ḥāḇaq),
which occurs 13 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13 - So when Laban H3837 heard H8085 the news H8088 of Jacob H3290 his sister’s H269 son, H1121 he ran H7323 to meet H7122 him, and embraced H2263 him and kissed H5401 him and brought H935 him to his house. H1004 Then he related H5608 to Laban H3837 all H3605 these H428 things. H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:4 - Then Esau H6215 ran H7323 to meet H7122 him and embraced H2263 him, and fell H5307 on his neck H6677 and kissed H5401 him, and they wept. H1058

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:10 - Now the eyes H5869 of Israel H3478 were so dim H3513 from age H2207 that he could H3201 not see. H7200 Then [fn]Joseph brought H5066 them close H5066 to him, and he kissed H5401 them and embraced H2263 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16 - Then he said, H559 “At this H2088 season H4150 [fn]next H2416 year H6256 you will embrace H2263 a son.” H1121 And she said, H559 “No, H408 my lord, H113 O man H376 of God, H430 do not lie H3576 to your maidservant.” H8198

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:8 - “They are wet H7372 with the mountain H2022 rains H2230
And hug H2263 the rock H6697 for want H1097 of a shelter. H4268

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:8 - “Prize H5549 her, and she will exalt H7311 you;
She will honor H3513 you if H3588 you embrace H2263 her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:20 - For why H4100 should you, my son, H1121 be exhilarated H7686 with an [fn]adulteress H2114
And embrace H2263 the bosom H2436 of a foreigner? H5237

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:5 - A time H6256 to throw H7993 stones H68 and a time H6256 to gather H3664 stones; H68
A time H6256 to embrace H2263 and a time H6256 to shun H7368 embracing. H2263

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:5 - The fool H3684 folds H2263 his hands H3027 and consumes H398 his own flesh. H1320

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:6 - “Let his left H8040 hand H8040 be under H8478 my head H7218
And his right H3225 hand H3225 embrace H2263 me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:3 - “Let his left H8040 hand H8040 be under H8478 my head H7218
And his right H3225 hand H3225 embrace H2263 me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:5 - Those who ate H398 delicacies H4574
Are desolate H8074 in the streets; H2351
Those [fn]reared H539 in purple H8438
Embrace H2263 ash H830 pits. H830
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