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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Bosom
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John 13:23
Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
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6 occurrences in 6 verses.
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Genesis
11 verses
Exodus
52 verses
Numbers
11 verses
Deuteronomy
33 verses
Ruth
11 verses
2 Samuel
22 verses
1 Kings
43 verses
Job
11 verses
Psalms
55 verses
Proverbs
66 verses
Ecclesiastes
11 verses
Isaiah
33 verses
Jeremiah
11 verses
Lamentations
11 verses
Micah
11 verses
Luke
33 verses
John
22 verses
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חֵיק
chêyq · khake
32 times translated as this KJV form38 total Strong's occurrences
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 →κόλπος
kólpos · kol'-pos
5 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
the bosom; by analogy, a bay
Strong's KJV usage: :--bosom, creek.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 6:38Strong's last: John 13:23
Open full G2859 profile →צַלַּחַת
tsallachath · tsal-lakh'-ath
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
something advanced or deep, i.e. a bowl; figuratively, the bosom
Strong's KJV usage: bosom, dish.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 19:24Strong's last: Proverbs 26:15
Open full H6747 profile →חֹב
chôb · khobe
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
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 →חֵצֶן
chêtsen · khay'-tsen
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
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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H2436
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
H2436
Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
H2436
Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
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bosom
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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