חָבַק
châbaq · khaw-bak'
to clasp (the hands or in embrace)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to clasp (the hands or in embrace)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: embrace, fold.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the house, what is within › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To separate and protect of the house, what is within of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָבַק above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and embrace2 · 14%
- him, and embraced1 · 7%
- and embraced1 · 7%
- them, and embraced1 · 7%
- thou shalt embrace1 · 7%
- when thou dost embrace1 · 7%
- to embrace1 · 7%
- from embracing1 · 7%
- foldeth1 · 7%
- together1 · 7%
- doth embrace1 · 7%
- should embrace1 · 7%
- embrace1 · 7%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.