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Lexicon :: Strong's H2436 - ḥêq

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חֵיק
Transliteration
ḥêq
Pronunciation
khake
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 629a

Strong’s Definitions

חֵיק chêyq, khake; or חֵק chêq; and חוֹק chôwq; from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose; the bosom (literally or figuratively):—bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's H2436 in the following manner: bosom (32x), bottom (3x), lap (1x), midst (1x), within (1x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x
The KJV translates Strong's H2436 in the following manner: bosom (32x), bottom (3x), lap (1x), midst (1x), within (1x), variant (1x).

  1. bosom, hollow, bottom, midst

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֵיק chêyq, khake; or חֵק chêq; and חוֹק chôwq; from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose; the bosom (literally or figuratively):—bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within.
STRONGS H2436: Abbreviations
† [חוק] noun [masculine] bosom, Psalm 74:11 Kt חוקך (but read Qr חֵיקְךָ, see following).

† חֵיק, חֵק noun [masculine] bosom (Late Hebrew id.) — absolute חֵיק Ezekiel 43:17; Proverbs 16:33 + Ezekiel 43:13 (Co חיקו, compare ZKW1883, pp. 67ff.; חֵיקֹה DrSm xxxi), חֵק Proverbs 21:14; construct חֵיק 1 Kings 22:35 + 3 times + Ezekiel 43:14 (Co חיקו) חֵק Proverbs 5:20 (omitted by accident in Baer, compare Stron the passage) Proverbs 17:23 suffix חֵיקִי 1 Kings 3:20; Psalm 89:51; חֵקִי Job 19:27 etc.; elsewhere always plene with suffix; חוקף Kt Psalm 74:11 (Qr חֵיקְךָ); — bosom, specifically
1. of fold of garment, at breast Exodus 4:6 (twice in verse); Exodus 4:7 (3 times in verse) (all J), Proverbs 6:27; Proverbs 16:33, metaphor of י׳ Psalm 74:11; שֹׁחַד בח׳ Proverbs 21:14 is a hidden reward (concealed in bosom; || מַתָּן בַּסֵּתֶר); שֹׁחַד טֵחֵק Proverbs 17:23 is a gift secretly given; figurative, requite into bosom Isaiah 65:6, 7; Psalm 35:13; Psalm 79:12; Jeremiah 32:18.
2. carry (נָשָׂא) in bosom, Moses the people Numbers 11:12 (JE); Naomi, Ruth's child Ruth 4:16, compare 1 Kings 3:20 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 17:19; ewe lamb 2 Samuel 12:3; Isaiah 40:11 (metaphor); Lamentations 2:12 of infants dying in their mothers' arms; figurative of carrying insults in one's bosom Psalm 89:51 (read probably כְּלִמַּת for כֹּל, see Bi Che).
3. bosom as part of body:
a. external, lie in bosom, of wife שׁככת Micah 7:5, compare 2 Samuel 12:8; concubine Genesis 16:5 (J) compare 1 Kings 1:2; אֵשֶׁת חיק(ךׅ Deuteronomy 13:7; Deuteronomy 28:54, compare also Proverbs 5:20 תְּחַבֵּק חֵק נָכְּרִיָה; אֹישׁ חֵיקָהּ Deuteronomy 28:56.
b. internal, anger resteth כסילים בה׳ Ecclesiastes 7:9; כָּלוּ כִלְֹיתַי בְּחֵקִי Job 19:27 my reins are consumed within me; Job 23:12 (read בְּחֵקִי for מֵחֻקִּי, so Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Ol Me Stu Di) in my breast have I hidden the words of his mouth (compare בְּלִבִּי Psalm 119:11); figurative of interior of chariot 1 Kings 22:35 הרכב ח׳; of hollow bottom of altar Ezekiel 43:13, 14, 17 (Sm Rinne; Co Grundeinfassung).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

16:5

Exodus

4:6; 4:7

Numbers

11:12

Deuteronomy

13:7; 28:54; 28:56

Ruth

4:16

2 Samuel

12:3; 12:8

1 Kings

1:2; 3:20; 3:20; 17:19; 22:35; 22:35

Job

19:27; 19:27; 23:12

Psalms

35:13; 74:11; 74:11; 74:11; 79:12; 89:51; 89:51; 119:11

Proverbs

5:20; 5:20; 6:27; 16:33; 16:33; 17:23; 17:23; 21:14; 21:14

Ecclesiastes

7:9

Isaiah

40:11; 65:6; 65:7

Jeremiah

32:18

Lamentations

2:12

Ezekiel

43:13; 43:13; 43:14; 43:14; 43:17; 43:17

Micah

7:5

H2436

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Strong's Number H2436 matches the Hebrew חֵיק (ḥêq),
which occurs 38 times in 34 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:6 - The LORD H3068 furthermore H5750 said H559 to him, “Now H4994 put H935 your hand H3027 into your bosom.” H2436 So he put H935 his hand H3027 into his bosom, H2436 and when he took H3318 it out, behold, H2009 his hand H3027 was leprous H6879 like snow. H7950

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:7 - Then He said, H559 “Put H7725 your hand H3027 into your bosom H2436 again.” H7725 So he put H7725 his hand H3027 into his bosom H2436 again, H7725 and when he took H3318 it out of his bosom, H2436 behold, H2009 it was restored H7725 like the rest of his flesh. H1320

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:12 - “Was it I who conceived H2029 all H3605 this H2088 people? H5971 Was it I who brought H3205 them forth, H3205 that You should say H559 to me, ‘Carry H5375 them in your bosom H2436 as a [fn]nurse H539 carries H5375 a nursing H3243 infant, H3243 to the land H127 which H834 You swore H7650 to their fathers’? H1

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:54 - “The man H376 who is [fn]refined H7390 and very H3966 delicate H6028 among you [fn]shall be hostile H7489 toward his brother H251 and toward the wife H802 [fn]he cherishes H2436 and toward the rest H3499 of his children H1121 who H834 remain, H3498

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:56 - “The [fn]refined H7390 and delicate H6028 woman H6028 among you, who H834 would not venture H5254 to set H3322 the sole H3709 of her foot H7272 on the ground H776 for delicateness H6026 and [fn]refinement, H7391 [fn]shall be hostile H7489 toward the husband H376 [fn]she cherishes H2436 and toward her son H1121 and daughter, H1323

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:16 - Then Naomi H5281 took H3947 the child H3206 [fn]and laid H7896 him in her lap, H2436 and became H1961 his nurse. H539

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - “But the poor H7326 man had nothing H369 H3605 except H3588 H518 one H259 little H6996 ewe H3535 lamb H3535
Which H834 he bought H7069 and nourished; H2421
And it grew H1431 up together H3162 with him and his children. H1121
It would eat H398 of his [fn]bread H6595 and drink H8354 of his cup H3563 and lie H7901 in his bosom, H2436
And was like a daughter H1323 to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:8 - ‘I also gave H5414 you your master’s H113 house H1004 and your master’s H113 wives H802 into your [fn]care, H2436 and I gave H5414 you the house H1004 of Israel H3478 and Judah; H3063 and if H518 that had been too little, H4592 I would have added H3254 to you many more things like these! H2007

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:2 - So his servants H5650 said H559 to him, “Let them seek H1245 a young H5291 virgin H1330 for my lord H113 the king, H4428 and let her [fn]attend H5975 H6440 the king H4428 and become H1961 his nurse; H5532 and let her lie H7901 in your bosom, H2436 that my lord H113 the king H4428 may keep H2552 warm.” H2552

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:20 - “So she arose H6965 in the middle H8432 of the night H3915 and took H3947 my son H1121 from beside H681 me while your maidservant H519 slept, H3463 and laid H7901 him in her bosom, H2436 and laid H7901 her dead H4191 son H1121 in my bosom. H2436

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:19 - He said H559 to her, “Give H5414 me your son.” H1121 Then he took H3947 him from her bosom H2436 and carried H5927 him up to the upper H5944 room H5944 where H834 H8033 he was living, H3427 and laid H7901 him on his own bed. H4296

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:35 - The battle H4421 [fn]raged H5927 that day, H3117 and the king H4428 was propped H5975 up in his chariot H4818 in front H5227 of the Arameans, H758 and died H4191 at evening, H6153 and the blood H1818 from the wound H4347 ran H3332 into the bottom H2436 of the chariot. H7393

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:27 - Whom H834 I [fn]myself H589 shall behold, H2372
And whom my eyes H5869 will see H7200 and not another. H2114
My [fn]heart H3629 faints H3615 [fn]within H2436 me!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:13 - But as for me, when they were sick, H2470 my clothing H3830 was sackcloth; H8242
I humbled H6031 my soul H5315 with fasting, H6685
And my prayer H8605 kept returning H7725 to my bosom. H2436

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:11 - Why H4100 do You withdraw H7725 Your hand, H3027 even Your right H3225 hand? H3225
From within H7130 Your bosom, H2436 destroy H3615 them!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:12 - And return H7725 to our neighbors H7934 sevenfold H7659 into their bosom H2436
[fn]The reproach H2781 with which H834 they have reproached H2778 You, O Lord. H136

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:50 - Remember, H2142 O Lord, H136 the reproach H2781 of Your servants; H5650
[fn]How I bear H5375 in my bosom H2436 the reproach of all H3605 the many H7227 peoples, H5971

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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 BoxPro 6:27 - Can a man H376 [fn]take H2846 fire H784 in his bosom H2436
And his clothes H899 not be burned? H8313

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:33 - The lot H1486 is cast H2904 into the lap, H2436
But its every H3605 decision H4941 is from the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:23 - A wicked H7563 man H7563 receives H3947 a bribe H7810 from the bosom H2436
To pervert H5186 the ways H734 of justice. H4941

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:14 - A gift H4976 in secret H5643 subdues H3711 anger, H639
And a bribe H7810 in the bosom, H2436 strong H5794 wrath. H2534

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:9 - Do not be [fn]eager H926 in your heart H7307 to be angry, H3707
For anger H3708 resides H5117 in the bosom H2436 of fools. H3684

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:11 - Like a shepherd H7462 He will tend H7462 His flock, H5739
In His arm H2220 He will gather H6908 the lambs H2924
And carry H5375 them in His bosom; H2436
He will gently lead H5095 the nursing H5763 ewes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:6 - “Behold, H2009 it is written H3789 before H6440 Me,
I will not keep H2814 silent, H2814 but I will repay; H7999
I will even repay H7999 into their bosom, H2436

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:7 - Both [fn]their own iniquities H5771 and the iniquities H5771 of their fathers H1 together,” H3162 says H559 the LORD. H3068
“Because H834 they have burned H6999 incense H6999 on the mountains H2022
And scorned H2778 Me on the hills, H1389
Therefore I will measure H4058 their former H7223 work H6468 into their bosom.” H2436

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:18 - who shows H6213 lovingkindness H2617 to thousands, H505 but repays H7999 the iniquity H5771 of fathers H1 into the bosom H2436 of their children H1121 after H310 them, O great H1419 and mighty H1368 God. H410 The LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 is His name; H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:12 - They say H559 to their mothers, H517
“Where H346 is grain H1715 and wine?” H3196
As they faint H5848 like a wounded H2491 man H2491
In the streets H7339 of the city, H5892
As their life H5315 is poured H8210 out
On their mothers’ H517 bosom. H2436

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13 - “And these H428 are the measurements H4060 of the altar H4196 by cubits H520 (the cubit H520 being a cubit H520 and a handbreadth): H2948 the [fn]base H2436 shall be a cubit H520 and the width H7341 a cubit, H520 and its border H1366 on its edge H8193 round H5439 about H5439 one H259 span; H2239 and this H2088 shall be the height of the [fn]base H1354 of the altar. H4196

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:14 - “From the base H2436 on the ground H776 to the lower H8481 ledge H5835 shall be two H8147 cubits H520 and the width H7341 one cubit; H520 and from the smaller H6996 ledge H5835 to the larger H1419 ledge H5835 shall be four H702 cubits H520 and the width H7341 [fn]one H259 cubit. H520

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:17 - “The ledge H5835 shall be fourteen H702 H6240 cubits long H753 by fourteen H702 H6240 wide H7341 in its four H702 sides, H7253 the border H1366 around H5439 it shall be half H2677 a cubit H520 and its base H2436 shall be a cubit H520 round H5439 about; H5439 and its steps H4609 shall [fn]face H6437 the east.” H6921

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:5 - Do not trust H982 in a neighbor; H7453
Do not have H982 confidence H982 in a friend. H7453
From her who lies H7901 in your bosom H2436
Guard H8104 [fn]your lips. H6310
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