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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 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now put your hand inside your cloak.” So Moses put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out again, his hand was white as snow with a severe skin disease.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:7 - “Now put your hand back into your cloak,” the LORD said. So Moses put his hand back in, and when he took it out again, it was as healthy as the rest of his body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:12 - Did I give birth to them? Did I bring them into the world? Why did you tell me to carry them in my arms like a mother carries a nursing baby? How can I carry them to the land you swore to give their ancestors?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6 - “Suppose someone secretly entices you—even your brother, your son or daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend—and says, ‘Let us go worship other gods’—gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:54 - The most tenderhearted man among you will have no compassion for his own brother, his beloved wife, and his surviving children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:56

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:56 - The most tender and delicate woman among you—so delicate she would not so much as touch the ground with her foot—will be selfish toward the husband she loves and toward her own son or daughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:16 - Naomi took the baby and cuddled him to her breast. And she cared for him as if he were her own.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - The poor man owned nothing but one little lamb he had bought. He raised that little lamb, and it grew up with his children. It ate from the man’s own plate and drank from his cup. He cuddled it in his arms like a baby daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:8 - I gave you your master’s house and his wives and the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. And if that had not been enough, I would have given you much, much more.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:2 - So his advisers told him, “Let us find a young virgin to wait on you and look after you, my lord. She will lie in your arms and keep you warm.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:20 - Then she got up in the night and took my son from beside me while I was asleep. She laid her dead child in my arms and took mine to sleep beside her.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:19 - But Elijah replied, “Give me your son.” And he took the child’s body from her arms, carried him up the stairs to the room where he was staying, and laid the body on his bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:35 - The battle raged all that day, and the king remained propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. The blood from his wound ran down to the floor of his chariot, and as evening arrived he died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:27 - I will see him for myself.
Yes, I will see him with my own eyes.
I am overwhelmed at the thought!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:13 - Yet when they were ill, I grieved for them.
I denied myself by fasting for them,
but my prayers returned unanswered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:11 - Why do you hold back your strong right hand?
Unleash your powerful fist and destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:12 - O Lord, pay back our neighbors seven times
for the scorn they have hurled at you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:50 - Consider, Lord, how your servants are disgraced!
I carry in my heart the insults of so many people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:20 - Why be captivated, my son, by an immoral woman,
or fondle the breasts of a promiscuous woman?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:27 - Can a man scoop a flame into his lap
and not have his clothes catch on fire?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:33 - We may throw the dice,[fn]
but the LORD determines how they fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:23 - The wicked take secret bribes
to pervert the course of justice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:14 - A secret gift calms anger;
a bribe under the table pacifies fury.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:9 - Control your temper,
for anger labels you a fool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:11 - He will feed his flock like a shepherd.
He will carry the lambs in his arms,
holding them close to his heart.
He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:6 - “Look, my decree is written out[fn] in front of me:
I will not stand silent;
I will repay them in full!
Yes, I will repay them—

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:7 - both for their own sins
and for those of their ancestors,”
says the LORD.
“For they also burned incense on the mountains
and insulted me on the hills.
I will pay them back in full!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:18 - You show unfailing love to thousands, but you also bring the consequences of one generation’s sin upon the next. You are the great and powerful God, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:12 - They cry out to their mothers,
“We need food and drink!”
Their lives ebb away in the streets
like the life of a warrior wounded in battle.
They gasp for life
as they collapse in their mothers’ arms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13 - “These are the measurements of the altar[fn]: There is a gutter all around the altar 21 inches deep and 21 inches wide,[fn] with a curb 9 inches[fn] wide around its edge. And this is the height[fn] of the altar:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:14 - From the gutter the altar rises 3½ feet[fn] to a lower ledge that surrounds the altar and is 21 inches[fn] wide. From the lower ledge the altar rises 7 feet[fn] to the upper ledge that is also 21 inches wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:17 - The upper ledge also forms a square, measuring 24½ feet by 24½ feet,[fn] with a 21-inch gutter and a 10½-inch curb[fn] all around the edge. There are steps going up the east side of the altar.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:5 - Don’t trust anyone—
not your best friend or even your wife!
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