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חֵיק H2436

H2436 is the Hebrew word חֵיק, transliterated chêyq and said khake. The King James Version most often renders it bosom.

Word: חֵיקTransliteration: chêyqSaid: khakeLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 28 verses

What it means

the bosom (literally or figuratively).

Where it comes from

or חֵק; and חוֹק; from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 32 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

bosom 24×bottom 2×out of his bosom 1×out of her bosom 1×midst 1×lap 1×out of the bosom 1×even the bottom 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within.

Verses using חֵיק

All 28 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 16:5 · KJV

And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.

Exodus 4:6 · KJV

And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.

Exodus 4:7 · KJV

And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.

Numbers 11:12 · KJV

Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

Deuteronomy 13:6 · KJV

If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

Deuteronomy 28:54 · KJV

So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:

Deuteronomy 28:56 · KJV

The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

Ruth 4:16 · KJV

And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

2 Samuel 12:3 · KJV

But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

2 Samuel 12:8 · KJV

And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.

1 Kings 1:2 · KJV

Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.

1 Kings 3:20 · KJV

And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

1 Kings 17:19 · KJV

And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

1 Kings 22:35 · KJV

And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.

Psalm 74:11 · KJV

Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.

Psalm 79:12 · KJV

And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

Psalm 89:50 · KJV

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

Proverbs 5:20 · KJV

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Proverbs 6:27 · KJV

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

Proverbs 16:33 · KJV

The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.

Proverbs 17:23 · KJV

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

Proverbs 21:14 · KJV

A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 · KJV

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Isaiah 40:11 · KJV

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

Jeremiah 32:18 · KJV

Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,

Ezekiel 43:13 · KJV

And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.

Ezekiel 43:14 · KJV

And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.

Ezekiel 43:17 · KJV

And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.

Common questions

What does Strong's H2436 mean?

H2436 is the Hebrew word חֵיק (chêyq), meaning the bosom (literally or figuratively).

How is H2436 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it bosom (24 times), bottom (2 times), out of his bosom (1 time), out of her bosom (1 time), midst (1 time), among others.

How many times does H2436 appear in the Bible?

חֵיק (chêyq) is tagged in 28 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2436 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or חֵק; and חוֹק; from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose.

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