Words the Bible translates as embrace
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- epipiptōἐπιπίπτωto fall on someone: to come down onto a person bodily, or to sweep over them suddenly from outside.
- ḥeqחֵיקthe bosom: the front of the chest and the enclosing arms (reaching down to the lap), where a person holds someone or something close, and the fold of the outer robe there used as a pocket
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- the hollow base of an object: the recessed bottom or basin of the altar, and the hollow floor of a chariot
- ḥavaqחָבַקto embrace: to wrap the arms around someone or something and hold them close
- enagkalizomaiἐναγκαλίζομαιto embracenot studied yet
- sumperilambanōσυμπεριλαμβάνωto embracenot studied yet
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