Quick Definition
to embrace
Strong's Definition
to clasp (the hands or in embrace)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: embrace, fold.
TWOT Reference: 597
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָבַק (cha.vaq) — to embrace. 1) to embrace, clasp 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to embrace 1a2) to fold one's hands in idleness (fig.) 1b) (Piel) to embrace
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Hold | verb qal, verb pi
to hold, to embrace = action by which humans put their arms around someone else ► as a greeting, a sign of affection, or during love-making
GEN 29:13 · GEN 33:4 · GEN 48:10 · 2KI 4:16 · PRO 4:8 · PRO 5:20 · ECC 3:5 · ECC 3:5 · SNG 2:6 · SNG 8:3
Space | verb pi
to embrace > to cling to, to huddle against = action by which humans take position in the close vicinity of an object as if they were embracing it
Hold | verb qal
Collocation: חבק אֶת־יָדַיִם
to fold one's hands > to be idle = action by which humans fold their hands together, ► probably in order to rest or take a nap; ≈ associated with being idle and laziness
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[חָבַק] vb. clasp, embrace Qal embrace
Pi. embrace
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