# חָבַק (chavaq)

Israeli respelling: cha-vaq. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2263. 12 Old Testament occurrences.

to clasp (the hands or in embrace)

King James renderings: embrace, fold.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chavaq-h2263

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 29:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/13) — And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and…
- [Genesis 33:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/33/4) — And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
- [Genesis 48:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/48/10) — Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
- [2 Kings 4:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/4/16) — And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do no…
- [Job 24:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/24/8) — They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
- [Proverbs 4:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/4/8) — Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
- [Proverbs 5:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/5/20) — And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
- [Ecclesiastes 3:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/3/5) — A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
- [Ecclesiastes 4:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/4/5) — The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
- [Song of Solomon 2:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/2/6) — His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
- [Song of Solomon 8:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/8/3) — His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
- [Lamentations 4:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/4/5) — They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.