Strong's Definition
or cheq {khake}; and chowq {khoke}; from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose; the bosom (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חֵיק (cheq) — bosom: embrace. : embrace/chest bosom, hollow, bottom, midst
חֵיק (cheq) — bosom: garment. : garment bosom, hollow, bottom, midst A sub-meaning of cheq (חֵיק ": embrace" H2436)
חֵיק (cheq) — bosom: lap. : lap/base bosom, hollow, bottom, midst A sub-meaning of cheq (חֵיק ": embrace" H2436)
חֵיק (cheq) — bosom: secret. : secret bosom, hollow, bottom, midst A sub-meaning of cheq (חֵיק ": embrace" H2436)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
People
bosom, chest, lap = front of the body of a human being, which, when a person is sitting down, forms a kind of platform that can be used for activities like throwing the lot, and that can even function as a sitting place for someone else, like a pet animal, a child or a beloved one; ≈ symbolizes affection and intimacy, and sometimes represents the entire person
GEN 16:5 · NUM 11:12 · DEU 13:7 · DEU 28:54 · DEU 28:56 · RUT 4:16 · 2SA 12:3 · 2SA 12:8 · 1KI 1:2 · 1KI 3:20 · 1KI 3:20 · 1KI 17:19 · JOB 19:27 · PRO 5:20 · PRO 6:27 · PRO 16:33 · ISA 40:11 · LAM 2:12 · MIC 7:5
Chastise
Collocation: מדד עַל־חֵיק
to pay back literally: to measure out on (someone's) lap; hence: = causative process by which deities cause humans to receive the appropriate return for their evil actions, which are mostly evil
Chastise
Collocation: שׁוב אֶל־חֵיק
to pay back literally: to send back to (someone's) bosom; hence: = causative process by which deities cause humans to receive the appropriate return for their evil actions, which are mostly evil
Chastise
Collocation: שׁלם אֶל־חֵיק · שׁלם עַל־חֵיק
to pay back literally: to pay back to (someone's) bosom; hence: = causative process by which deities cause humans to receive the appropriate return for their evil actions, which are mostly evil
Clothing
inside (one's) robe literally: bosom; hence: = the fold one one's robe which covers the chest
Products
body, base, bottom literally: chest, lap: = main body of an object
Non-Know
secret literally: (in/from one's) bosom; hence: = a state in which an event is unknown to others
1 PSA 74:11 MT-K חוקך "decree" | MT-Q חֵיקְךָ RSV NIV NJB NJPS NRSV REB GNT CEV
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חֵיק, חֵק n.[m.] bosom of fold of garment, at breast
carry in bosom
bosom as part of body
base
