Strong's Lexicon

H2436

H2436 — חֵיק חֵק חוֹק

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

Hebrewcheyqnoun mascOccurrences: 39TWOT: 629a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2436
Word:חֵיק חֵק חוֹק
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:39
Transliteration:cheyq
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:khake (or cheq {khake} and chowq {khoke};) n-m.
Meaning:1. the bosom (literally or figuratively)
KJV Renderings:bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within.

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BDB2635

[חוק] noun [masculine] bosom, Ps 74:11 Kt חוקך (but read Qr חֵיקְךָ, see following).


BDB2636

חֵיק, חֵק noun [masculine] bosom (Late Hebrew id.) — absolute חֵיק Ezek 43:17; Prov 16:33 + Ezek 43:13 ( Co חיקו, compare ZKW1883, pp. 67ff.; חֵיקֹה DrSm xxxi), חֵק Prov 21:14 construct חֵיק 1Kgs 22:35 + 3 t. + Ezek 43:14 (Co חיקו) חֵק Prov 5:20 (omitted by accident in Baer, compare Stron the passage) Prov 17:23 suffix חֵיקִי 1Kgs 3:20; Ps 89:51 חֵקִי Job 19:27 etc.; elsewhere always plene with suffix; חוקף Kt Ps 74:11 ( Qr חֵיקְךָ); — bosom, specifically

1. of fold of garment, at breast Exod 4:6 (twice in verse); Exod 4:7 (3 t. in verse) (all J ), Prov 6:27 ; Prov 16:33 , metaphor of ׳ י Ps 74:11 ׳ שֹׁחַד בח Prov 21:14 is a hidden reward (concealed in bosom; || מַתָּן בַּסֵּתֶר); שֹׁחַד טֵחֵק Prov 17:23 is a gift secretly given; figurative, requite into bosom Isa 65:6; Isa 65:7; Ps 35:13; Ps 79:12; Jer 32:18.
2. carry (נָשָׂא) in bosom, Moses the people Num 11:12 ( J E ); Naomi, Ruth's child Ruth 4:16, compare 1Kgs 3:20 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 17:19 ewe lamb 2Sam 12:3; Isa 40:11 (metaphor); Lam 2:12 of infants dying in their mothers' arms; figurative of carrying insults in one's bosom Ps 89:51 (read probably כְּלִמַּת for כֹּל, see Bi Che).
3. bosom as part of body:
a. external, lie in bosom, of wife שׁככת Mic 7:5, compare 2Sam 12:8 concubine Gen 16:5 ( J ) compare 1Kgs 1:2 אֵשֶׁת חיק(ךׅ Deut 13:7; Deut 28:54, compare also Prov 5:20 תְּחַבֵּק חֵק נָכְּרִיָה; אֹישׁ חֵיקָהּ Deut 28:56.
b. internal, anger resteth כסילים ׳ בה Eccl 7:9 כָּלוּ כִלְֹיתַי בְּחֵקִי Job 19:27 my reins are consumed within me; Job 23:12 (read בְּחֵקִי for מֵחֻקִּי, so ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Ol Me Stu Di) in my breast have I hidden the words of his mouth (compare בְּלִבִּי Ps 119:11 ); figurative of interior of chariot 1Kgs 22:35 הרכב ׳ ח; of hollow bottom of altar Ezek 43:13; Ezek 43:14; Ezek 43:17 (Sm Rinne; Co Grundeinfassung).


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חיק (g’h)

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.
EHCC: Put we thine hand into ig hoe And

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?
EHCC: Carry them in thy bosom,

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;
EHCC: (7).or the wife of th bosom,

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:
EHCC: toward the wife of os bosom,

Ruth 4:16

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

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.meat: Heb. morsel
EHCC: and lay in his bosom,

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.Let there…: Heb. Let them seeka young…: Heb. a damsel, a virgincherish…: Heb. be a cherisher unto him
EHCC: let her lie ix thy bosom,

1 Kings 8:20

KJV: And the Lord hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
EHCC: and laid it in her bosom, and laid ber dead

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.
EHCC: he took him out of Aer bosom,

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.increased: Heb. ascendedmidst: Heb. bosom
EHCC: ran out of the wound into the midst of the

Job 19:27

KJV: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.another: Heb. a strangerthough…: or, my reins within me are consumed with earnest desire (for that day)within…: Heb. in my bosom
EHCC: my reins be consumed within me. (marg.

Psalms 35:13

KJV: But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.humbled: or, afflicted
EHCC: prayer returned into mine own bosom,

Psalms 74:11

KJV: Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
EHCC: pluck (it) out of thy bosom. .

Psalms 79:12

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

Psalms 89:50

KJV: Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
EHCC: (51). 1 do bear in my bosom

Proverbs 5:20

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

Proverbs 6:27

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

Proverbs 16:33

KJV: The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.
EHCC: The lot is cast into the lap;

Proverbs 17:23

KJV: A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
EHCC: nen (man) rake a gift out of the bosom

Proverbs 21:14

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

Ecclesiastes 7:9

KJV: Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
EHCC: 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.that…: or, that give suck
EHCC: and carry (them) in his bosom,

Isaiah 65:6

KJV: Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
EHCC: even recompense into their bosom,

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,
EHCC: into the bosom of their children

Lamentations 2:12

KJV: They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers’ bosom.
EHCC: poured out into their mothers’ bosom,

Micah 7:5

KJV: Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
EHCC: from her that lietb in thy bosom.
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