Genesis 16:5
And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
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And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
Read in context →Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
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chêyq · khake
the bosom (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within.
Strong's first: Genesis 16:5Strong's last: Micah 7:5
Open full H2436 profile →kólpos · kol'-pos
the bosom; by analogy, a bay
Strong's KJV usage: :--bosom, creek.
Strong's first: Luke 6:38Strong's last: John 13:23
Open full G2859 profile →tsallachath · tsal-lakh'-ath
something advanced or deep, i.e. a bowl; figuratively, the bosom
Strong's KJV usage: bosom, dish.
Strong's first: Proverbs 19:24Strong's last: Proverbs 26:15
Open full H6747 profile →chôb · khobe
properly, a cherisher, i.e. the bosom
Strong's KJV usage: bosom.
Strong's first: Job 31:33Strong's last: Job 31:33
Open full H2243 profile →chêtsen · khay'-tsen
the bosom (as comprised between the arms)
Strong's KJV usage: bosom.
Strong's first: Psalms 129:7Strong's last: Psalms 129:7
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And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.
And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.
And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.
And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.
And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.
Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
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BO'SOM, noun s as z.
1. The breast of a human being and the parts adjacent.
2. The folds or covering of clothes about the breast.
Put thy hand in thy bosom Exodus 4:6.
3. Embrace, as with the arms; inclosure; compass; often implying friendship or affection; as, to live in the bosom of a church.
4. The breast, as inclosing the heart; or the interior of the breast, considered as the seat of the passions.
Anger resteth in the bosom of fools. Ecclesiastes 7:9.
Their soul was poured into their mother's bosom Lamentations 2:12.
5. The breast, or its interior, considered as a close place, the receptacle of secrets.
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom Job 31:33.
6. Any inclosed place; the interior; as the bosom of the earth or of the deep.
7. The tender affections; kindness; favor; as the son of his bosom; the wife of thy bosom
He shall carry the lambs in his bosom Isaiah 40:11.
8. The arms, or embrace of the arms. Psalms 129:7.
9. Inclination; desire. [Not used.]
Bosom, in composition, implies intimacy, affection and confidence; as a bosom-friend, an intimate or confidential friend; bosom-lover, bosom-interest, bosom-secret, etc. In such phrases, bosom may be considered as an attribute equivalent to intimate, confidential, dear.
BO'SOM, verb transitive To inclose in the bosom; to keep with care.
Bosom up my counsel.
1. To conceal; to hide from view.
To happy convents bosom'd deep in vines.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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