חֵיק
cheq
“bosom: embrace”
Definition
the bosom (literally or figuratively)
or חֵק; and חוֹק; from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose;
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
חֵיק appears 32 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”
The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,
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You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,
A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.
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