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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #2683 - חֵצֶן
Transliteration
chêtsen
Phonetics
khay'-tsen
Origin
from an unused root meaning to hold firmly
Parts of Speech
masculine noun
TWOT
720a
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- bosom, bosom of a garment
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
ASV (1)
Psalms
1
BSB (1)
Psalms
1
CSB (1)
Psalms
1
ESV (1)
Psalms
1
KJV (1)
Psalms
1
LEB (1)
Psalms
1
LSB (3)
Psalms
3
N95 (0)
The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
NAS (1)
Psalms
1
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (1)
Psalms
1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
2195) nyh (ההתסנ HhTsN) AC: ? CO: Bosom AB: ?: [from: yh- enclosing]
Nm ) nyh (ההתסנ HhTsN) - Bosom: KJV (1): bosom - Strongs: H2683 (חֵצֶן)
gm) nyfh (ההותסנ HhWTsN) - Bosom: KJV (2): lap, arms - Strongs: H2684 (חֹצֶן)
AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2025
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
[חֵ֫צֶן] noun masculine bosom of a garment (Arabic 
, Ethiopic 
also Syriac 
bosom (= 
*), see Hoffm ZMG 1878,753 Lag M ii. 361ff.; BN 46f.; on this word and following see Ba NB 120; ZMG 1889,183) — שֶׁלּאֹ מִלֵּא כַמּוֺקוֺצֵר וְחִצְנוֺ מְעַמֵּר Psalm 129:7 (grass) with which a reaper filleth not his hand, nor a binder his bosom.
, Ethiopic also Syriac bosom (= *), see Hoffm ZMG 1878,753 Lag M ii. 361ff.; BN 46f.; on this word and following see Ba NB 120; ZMG 1889,183) — שֶׁלּאֹ מִלֵּא כַמּוֺקוֺצֵר וְחִצְנוֺ מְעַמֵּר Psalm 129:7 (grass) with which a reaper filleth not his hand, nor a binder his bosom.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
חֵצֶן Psalms 129:7, and חֹצֶן Isai. 49:22 Nehemiah 5:13, m., the bosom of garments in which any thing is carried. Arabic حِضْنُ, Eth. ሕፅን፡ id., whence denom. verb حضن to carry in the bosom. [In Thes. חֵצֶן arm, forearm; so called from strength (root חָצַן);-חֹצֶן id., also bosom where any thing is carried.]
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List of Word Forms
וְחִצְנ֥וֹ וחצנו vechitzNo wə·ḥiṣ·nōw wəḥiṣnōw
