חֵיקchêyq
חוק: bosom (Psalms 74:11)
Pronunciation: khake · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2436
Meanings
חֵיק: bosom
1. of fold of garment, at breast (Exodus 4:6; Exodus 4:7; Proverbs 6:27)
2. carry (נָשָׂא) in bosom (Numbers 11:12; Ruth 4:16; 1 Kings 3:20)
3. bosom, as part of body
a. lie in bosom (Micah 7:5; 2 Samuel 12:8; Genesis 16:5)
b. my reins are consumed within me, in my breast have I hidden the words of his mouth (Ecclesiastes 7:9; Job 19:27; Job 23:12)
Where it appears
Appears 38 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 16:5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “This is all your fault! I put my servant into your arms, but now that she’s pregnant she treats me with contempt. The Lord will show who’s wrong—you or me!”
- Exodus 4:6 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now put your hand inside your cloak.” So Moses put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out again, his hand was white as snow with a severe skin disease.
- Exodus 4:7 “Now put your hand back into your cloak,” the Lord said. So Moses put his hand back in, and when he took it out again, it was as healthy as the rest of his body.
- Numbers 11:12 Did I give birth to them? Did I bring them into the world? Why did you tell me to carry them in my arms like a mother carries a nursing baby? How can I carry them to the land you swore to give their ancestors?
- Deuteronomy 13:6 “Suppose someone secretly entices you—even your brother, your son or daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend—and says, ‘Let us go worship other gods’—gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known.
- Deuteronomy 28:54 The most tenderhearted man among you will have no compassion for his own brother, his beloved wife, and his surviving children.
See every passage
- Genesis 16:5
- Exodus 4:6, 4:7
- Numbers 11:12
- Deuteronomy 13:6, 28:54, 28:56
- Ruth 4:16
- 2 Samuel 12:3, 12:8
- 1 Kings 1:2, 3:20, 17:19, 22:35
- Job 19:27
- Psalms 35:13, 74:11, 79:12, 89:50
- Proverbs 5:20, 6:27, 16:33, 17:23, 21:14
- Ecclesiastes 7:9
- Isaiah 40:11, 65:6, 65:7
- Jeremiah 32:18
- Lamentations 2:12
- Ezekiel 43:13, 43:14, 43:17
- Micah 7:5
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).