חָבַק
ḥābaq
clasp
Strong's H2263VerbHebrewTWOT 597

חָבַק (ḥābaq) is a Hebrew verb meaning clasp. It appears 13 times in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2263).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 597)

Range of meaning (TWOT 597)clasp, embrace; fold
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חָבַק verb: clasp, embrace

Strong's H2263 חָבַק: to clasp (the hands or in embrace)
KJV:embrace, fold.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 29:132 Kings 4:16Job 24:8

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