Lexicon :: Strong's H5401 - nāšaq

Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come closer and kiss me, my son.”

Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept loudly.[fn]

When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran to meet him, hugged him, and kissed him. Then he took him to his house, and Jacob told him all that had happened.

“but you didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters. You have acted foolishly.

Laban got up early in the morning, kissed his grandchildren and daughters, and blessed them. Then Laban left to return home.

But Esau ran to meet him, hugged him, threw his arms around him, and kissed him. Then they wept.

“You will be over my house, and all my people will obey your commands.[fn] Only I, as king,[fn] will be greater than you.”

Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept,[fn] and afterward his brothers talked with him.

Now his eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly[fn] see. Joseph brought them to him, and he kissed and embraced them.

Then Joseph, leaning over his father’s face, wept and kissed him.

Now the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go and meet Moses in the wilderness.” So he went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him.

So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and then kissed him. They asked each other how they had been[fn] and went into the tent.

“May the LORD grant each of you rest in the house of a new husband.” She kissed them, and they wept loudly.

Again they wept loudly, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it out on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Hasn’t the LORD anointed you ruler over his inheritance?[fn]

When the servant had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone Ezel, fell facedown to the ground, and paid homage three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept with each other, though David wept more.

Joab went to the king and told him. So David summoned Absalom, who came to the king and paid homage with his face to the ground before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.

When a person approached to pay homage to him, Absalom reached out his hand, took hold of him, and kissed him.

So all the people crossed the Jordan, and then the king crossed. The king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and Barzillai returned to his home.

Joab asked Amasa, “Are you well, my brother? ” Then with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.

“But I will leave seven thousand in Israel ​— ​every knee that has not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him.”

Elisha left the oxen, ran to follow Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother, and then I will follow you.”

“Go on back,” he replied, “for what have I done to you? ”

They were archers who could use either the right or left hand, both to sling stones and shoot arrows from a bow. They were Saul’s relatives from Benjamin:

from Benjamin, Eliada, a valiant warrior, and two hundred thousand with him armed with bow and shield;

so that my heart was secretly enticed

and I threw them a kiss,[fn]

Pay homage to[fn] the Son or he will be angry

and you will perish in your rebellion,[fn]

for his anger may ignite at any moment.

All who take refuge in him are happy.

The Ephraimite archers turned back

on the day of battle.

Faithful love and truth will join together;

righteousness and peace will embrace.

She grabs him and kisses him;

she brazenly says[fn] to him,

He who gives an honest answer

gives a kiss on the lips.

Oh, that he would kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!

For your caresses[fn] are more delightful than wine.

If only I could treat you like my brother,[fn]

one who nursed at my mother’s breasts,

I would find you in public and kiss you,

and no one would scorn me.

with the[fn] sound of the living creatures’ wings brushing against each other and the sound of the wheels beside them, a loud rumbling sound.

Now they continue to sin

and make themselves a cast image,

idols skillfully made from their silver,

all of them the work of craftsmen.

People say about them,

“Let the men who sacrifice[fn] kiss the calves.”