חֹצֶןchôtsen

bosom (Nehemiah 5:13; Isaiah 49:22)

Pronunciation: kho'tsen · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2684

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Nehemiah 5:13 I shook out the folds of my robe and said, “If you fail to keep your promise, may God shake you like this from your homes and from your property!” The whole assembly responded, “Amen,” and they praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.
  • Isaiah 49:22 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “See, I will give a signal to the godless nations. They will carry your little sons back to you in their arms; they will bring your daughters on their shoulders.

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).