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Lexicon :: Strong's H2263 - ḥāḇaq

Aa
חָבַק
Transliteration
ḥāḇaq
Pronunciation
khaw-bak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 597

Strong’s Definitions

חָבַק châbaq, khaw-bak'; a primitive root; to clasp (the hands or in embrace):—embrace, fold.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H2263 in the following manner: embrace (12x), fold (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H2263 in the following manner: embrace (12x), fold (1x).

  1. to embrace, clasp

    1. (Qal)

      1. to embrace

      2. to fold one's hands in idleness (fig.)

    2. (Piel) to embrace

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָבַק châbaq, khaw-bak'; a primitive root; to clasp (the hands or in embrace):—embrace, fold.
STRONGS H2263: Abbreviations
† [חָבַק] verb clasp, embrace (Late Hebrew id.; Targum חַבֵּק; Mandean bdb028706, NSyriac bdb028707; Arabic bdb028708 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.).
Pi. Perfect חִבְּקוּ Job 24:8; Lamentations 4:5; Imperfect וַיְחַבֵּק Genesis 48:10; וַיְחַבֶּקֿ Genesis 29:13; וַיְחַבְּקֵהוּ Genesis 33:4; 3rd person feminine singular suffix תְּחַבְּקֵ֫נִי Songs 2:6; Songs 8:3; 2nd person 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; Songs 2:6; Songs 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

29:13; 29:13; 33:4; 33:4; 48:10; 48:10

2 Kings

4:16; 4:16

Job

24:8; 24:8

Proverbs

4:8; 4:8; 5:20; 5:20

Ecclesiastes

3:5; 3:5; 3:5; 3:5; 4:5; 4:5

Song of Songs

2:6; 2:6; 8:3; 8:3

Lamentations

4:5; 4:5

H2263

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2263 matches the Hebrew חָבַק (ḥāḇaq),
which occurs 13 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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So when Laban H3837 heard H8085 the news H8088 about Jacob H3290, his sister’s H269 son H1121, he ran H7323 to meet H7122 him, and embraced H2263 him and kissed H5401 him, and brought H935 him to his house H1004. Then he told H5608 Laban H3837 all H3605 these H428 things H1697.

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Then Esau H6215 ran H7323 to meet H7122 him and embraced H2263 him, and fell H5307 on his neck H6677 and kissed H5401 him, and they wept H1058.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:10 - Now the eyes H5869 of Israel H3478 were H3513 so [fn]dim H3513 from age H2207 that he could H3201 not see H7200. And [fn]Joseph brought H5066 them close H5066 to him, and he kissed H5401 them and embraced H2263 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16 - Then he said H559, “At this H2088 season H4150 [fn]next H2416 year H6256, you are going to embrace H2263 a son H1121.” And she said H559, “No H408, my lord H113, you man H376 of God H430, do not lie H3576 to your servant H8198.”

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“They are wet H7372 from the mountain H2022 rains H2230,

And they hug H2263 the rock H6697 for lack H1097 of a shelter H4268.

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“Prize H5549 her, and she will exalt H7311 you;

She will honor H3513 you if H3588 you embrace H2263 her.

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For why H4100 should you, my son H1121, be H7686 exhilarated H7686 with an [fn]adulteress H2114,

And embrace H2263 the breasts H2436 of a foreigner H5237?

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A time H6256 to throw H7993 stones H68 and a time H6256 to gather H3664 stones H68;

A time H6256 to embrace H2263 and a time H6256 to shun H7368 embracing H2263.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:5 - The fool H3684 folds H2263 his hands H3027 and consumes H398 his own flesh H1320.

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“His left H8040 hand H8040 is under H8478 my head H7218,

And his right H3225 hand H3225 embraces H2263 me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:3

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“Let his left H8040 hand H8040 be under H8478 my head H7218,

And his right H3225 hand H3225 embrace H2263 me.”

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Those who used to eat H398 delicacies H4574

Are made to tremble H8074 in the streets H2351;

Those who were raised H539 in crimson H8438 clothing

Embrace H2263 garbage H830 heaps H830.

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