Strong's Lexicon

H2263

H2263 — חָבַק

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewchabaqverb-stemOccurrences: 13TWOT: 5971

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2263
Word:חָבַק
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:13
Transliteration:chabaq
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:khaw-bak'
Meaning:1. to clasp (the hands or in embrace)
KJV Renderings:embrace, fold.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2510

[חָבַק] verb clasp, embrace (Late Hebrew id.; ᵑ7 חַבֵּק; Mandean [untranscribed source text 1600], NSyriac [untranscribed source text 1601]; Arabic [untranscribed source text 1602] II. collect one's possessions, etc., Frey) —

Qal Infinitive לַחֲבוֺק Eccl 3:5 Participle חֹבֵּק Eccl 4:5 חֹבֶקֶת 2Kgs 4:16 — embrace, with accusative בֵּן 2Kgs 4:16 יָדָיו Eccl 4:5 (said of הַכְּסִיל = fold his arms, i.e. be idle; compare חִבֻּק); no object expressed Eccl 3:5 (|| Pi`el).
Pi`el Perfect חִבְּקוּ Job 24:8; Lam 4:5 Imperfect וַיְחַבֵּק Gen 48:10 וַיְחַבֶּקֿ Gen 29:13 וַיְחַבְּקֵהוּ Gen 33:4 3 feminine singular suffix תְּחַבְּקֵ֫נִי Song 2:6; Song 8:3 2 masculine singular וּתְחַבֵּק Prov 5:20 , suffix תְּחַבְּקֶ֫נָּה Prov 4:8 Infinitive חַבֵּק Eccl 3:5 — embrace of person, no object עת לִרְחֹק מֵחַבֵּק Eccl 3:5 (|| Qal); followed by לְ Gen 29:13 ( J ), Gen 48:10 ( E ); followed by suffix Gen 33:4 ( J ), Prov 4:8; Song 2:6; Song 8:3 with accusative Prov 5:20 embrace צוּר for want of shelter Job 24:8 (of poor); embrace refuse-heaps אשׁפתות Lam 4:5, i.e. are outcasts.


Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חבק (ghib-book’)

Proverbs 6:10

KJV: Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
EHCC: & 24:33.a little folding of the hands
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