Strong's Lexicon

H2373

H2373 — חָזֶה

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

Hebrewchazehnoun mascOccurrences: 13TWOT: 634a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2373
Word:	חָזֶה
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H2372
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	13
Transliteration:	chazeh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khaw-zeh'
Meaning:	1. the breast (as most seen in front)
KJV Renderings:	breast.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2676

חָזֶה noun masculine^{Lev 7:31} breast of animals (Aramaic [untranscribed source text 1704], חַדְיָא) — absolute ׳ ח Exod 29:26 + 4 t.; construct חֲזֵה Exod 29:27 + 5t.; plural חָזוֺת Lev 9:20; Lev 9:21 — breast, only P , and only of sacrificial animals; always as wave-offering; of ram of installation Exod 29:26; Exod 29:27; Lev 8:29, of peace-offering Lev 7:30 (twice in verse); Lev 9:20; Lev 9:21, of Nazirite sacrifice Num 6:20 perquisite of Aaron and his sons Lev 7:31; Lev 7:34; Lev 10:14; Lev 10:15, compare Num 18:18.

BDB9508

[חֲדִי], or (K^{§ 65, 6 a})) חַד] noun masculine breast ( ᵑ7 Syriac; see Biblical Hebrew II. חזה ); — dual (Schulth^{ZAW xxii (1902), 164}) suffix חֲדוֺ֫הִי Dan 2:32.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חזה (gh)

Exodus 29:26

KJV: And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord: and it shall be thy part.

EHCC: thou shalt take the breast /

Leviticus 7:30

KJV: His own hands shall bring the offerings of the Lord made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the Lord.

EHCC: the fat with the breast,

Leviticus 8:29

KJV: And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the Lord: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses’ part; as the Lord commanded Moses.

EHCC: Moses took yay =

Leviticus 9:20

KJV: And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar:

EHCC: they put the fat upon

Leviticus 10:14

KJV: And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons’ due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.

EHCC: the wave breast and heave shoulder

Numbers 6:20

KJV: And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.

EHCC: the wave breast and heave shoulder:

Numbers 18:18

KJV: And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.

EHCC: as the wave breast