חֵיק
chêyq · khake
the bosom (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: or חֵק; and חוֹק; from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose;
the bosom (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 hand that works › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To separate and protect of the hand that works of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֵיק 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
38 occurrences · 38 OT · 0 NT · 33 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- into thy bosom4 · 11%
- into their bosom3 · 8%
- into his bosom2 · 5%
- it in her bosom2 · 5%
- in his bosom2 · 5%
- in thy bosom2 · 5%
- in my bosom2 · 5%
- thy bosom2 · 5%
- in the bosom2 · 5%
- it out of his bosom1 · 3%
- them in thy bosom1 · 3%
- of thy bosom1 · 3%
- of his bosom1 · 3%
- of her bosom1 · 3%
- him out of her bosom1 · 3%
- into the midst1 · 3%
- within1 · 3%
- into mine own bosom1 · 3%
- the bosom1 · 3%
- into the lap1 · 3%
- out of the bosom1 · 3%
- them in his bosom1 · 3%
- into the bosom1 · 3%
- bosom1 · 3%
- even the bottom1 · 3%
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.