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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #2263 - חָבַק

Transliteration

châbaq

Phonetics

khaw-bak'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

597

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to embrace, clasp
1. (Qal)
  1. to embrace
  2. to fold one´s hands in idleness (figuratively)
2. (Piel) to embrace

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4905 ‑ συνέρχομαι (soon‑er'‑khom‑ahee); 4912 ‑ συνέχω (soon‑ekh'‑o); 4016 ‑ περιβάλλω (per‑ee‑bal'‑lo);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (14)

Genesis 3

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 4

Song of Solomon 2

Lamentations 1

BSB (13)

Genesis 3

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 3

Song of Solomon 2

Lamentations 1

CSB (12)

Genesis 3

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 3

Song of Solomon 2

Lamentations 1

ESV (11)

Genesis 3

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 3

Lamentations 1

KJV (14)

Genesis 3

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 4

Song of Solomon 2

Lamentations 1

LEB (13)

Genesis 3

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 3

Song of Solomon 2

Lamentations 1

LSB (14)

Genesis 3

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 4

Song of Solomon 2

Lamentations 1

N95 (13)

Genesis 3

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 3

Song of Solomon 2

Lamentations 1

NAS (13)

Genesis 3

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 3

Song of Solomon 2

Lamentations 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (14)

Genesis 3

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 4

Song of Solomon 2

Lamentations 1

ASV (14)

and embrace 2

and embraced 1

doth embrace me 1

embrace 1

foldeth 1

from embracing 1

him, and embraced 1

should embrace me 1

them, and embraced them 1

thou shalt embrace 1

to embrace 1

together 1

when thou dost embrace her 1

BSB (13)

and embraced 1

and embraced him 1

embraces me 2

folds 1

from embracing 1

he embraced 1

huddle 1

or embrace 1

they huddle 1

to embrace 1

will hold 1

you embrace her 1

CSB (12)

arms 1

embrace 3

embraced 1

embraces me 2

folds 1

huddle 2

hugged 2

ESV (11)

cling 1

embrace 5

embraced 3

embracing 1

folds 1

KJV (14)

embrace 8

embraced 3

embracing 1

foldeth 1

together 1

LEB (13)

and embrace 1

and embraced him 1

and he embraced 1

and they cling to 1

embraces me 2

embracing 1

lie 1

refuses to work with 1

them and embraced them 1

to embrace 1

you embrace her 1

you will be embracing 1

LSB (14)

embrace 8

embraced 3

embracing 1

folds 1

hug 1

N95 (13)

embrace 7

embraced 3

embracing 1

folds 1

hug 1

NAS (13)

embrace 6

embraced 3

embraces 1

embracing 1

folds 1

hug 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (14)

and embrace 1

and embraced 1

embrace 1

embraced 1

embraces me 1

folds 1

from embracing 1

to embrace 1

together 1

when you embrace her 1

why embrace 1

would embrace me 1

you will embrace 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2142) q b h (ההבק HhBQ) AC: Embrace CO: ? AB: ?: [from: bh- as being enclose]

V) q b h (ההבק HhBQ) - Embrace: KJV (13): (vf: Paal, Piel) embrace, fold - Strongs: H2263 (חָבַק)

ed^m) q f b i h (ההיבוק HhYBWQ) - Embrace: KJV (2): folding - Strongs: H2264 (חִבֻּק)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[חָבַק] verb clasp, embrace (Late Hebrew id.; ᵑ7חַבֵּק; Mandean

, NSyriac

; Arabic

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`el).

Pi`el Perfect חִבְּקוּ Job 24:8; Lamentations 4:5; Imperfect וַיְחַבֵּק Genesis 48:10; וַיְחַבֶּקֿ Genesis 29:13; וַיְחַבְּקֵהוּ Genesis 33:4; 3 feminine singular suffix תְּחַבְּקֵ֫נִי Song of Solomon 2:6; Song of Solomon 8:3; 2 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; Song of Solomon 2:6; Song of Solomon 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.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חָבַק in Kal only occurring three times, inf. חֲבֹק Ecclesiastes 3:5, part. חֹבֵק Ecclesiastes 4:5; 2 Kings 4:16, elsewhere only in Piel.

Piel חִבֵּק fut. יְחַבֵּק part. מְחַבֵּק

(1) to embrace, followed by an acc. Genesis 33:4; Proverbs 4:8, 5:20 followed by a dat. Genesis 29:13, 48:10. To embrace the rock, the dunghill, for to lie, or make one’s bed, on them, Job 24:8; Lamentations 4:5.

(2) with the addition of יָדַיִם to fold the hands (spoken of an idle man), Ecclesiastes 4:5. Hence

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List of Word Forms

וַֽיְחַבְּקֵ֔הוּ וַיְחַבֵּ֥ק וַיְחַבֶּק־ וּ֝תְחַבֵּ֗ק ויחבק ויחבק־ ויחבקהו ותחבק חִבְּק֖וּ חִבְּקוּ־ חֹבֵ֣ק חֹבֶ֣קֶת חבק חבקו חבקו־ חבקת לַחֲב֔וֹק לחבוק מֵחַבֵּֽק׃ מחבק׃ תְּחַבְּקֵֽנִי׃ תְחַבְּקֶֽנָּה׃ תחבקנה׃ תחבקני׃ chibbeku choVek choVeket ḥib·bə·qū ḥib·bə·qū- ḥibbəqū ḥibbəqū- ḥō·ḇe·qeṯ ḥō·ḇêq ḥōḇêq ḥōḇeqeṯ la·ḥă·ḇō·wq lachaVok laḥăḇōwq mê·ḥab·bêq mechabBek mêḥabbêq tə·ḥab·bə·qê·nî ṯə·ḥab·bə·qen·nāh techabbeKeni techabbeKennah təḥabbəqênî ṯəḥabbəqennāh ū·ṯə·ḥab·bêq utechabBek ūṯəḥabbêq vaychabbek vaychabbeKehu way·ḥab·bə·qê·hū way·ḥab·bêq way·ḥab·beq- wayḥabbêq wayḥabbeq- wayḥabbəqêhū