חָבַק châbaq

Meaning

to clasp (the hands or in embrace)

In the King James Version: embrace, fold.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Genesis 29:13 When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.
• Genesis 33:4 Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.
• Genesis 48:10 Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
• 2 Kings 4:16 And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”
• Job 24:8 Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
• Proverbs 4:8 Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.
• Proverbs 5:20 Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
• Ecclesiastes 3:5 a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
• Ecclesiastes 4:5 The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.
• Song of Solomon 2:6 His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
• Song of Solomon 8:3 His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
• Lamentations 4:5 Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.