Words the Bible translates as lap
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- kolposκόλποςthe bosom: the sheltered space at the front of a person's body, between the chest and the arms, where someone or something is held close
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- a bay: a curve of coastline where the sea reaches in toward the land
- 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
- berekhבֶּרֶךְthe knee: the joint in the middle of the leg, and the shelf a seated person's knees make
- laqaqלָקַקto lap or lick: to take liquid up with the tongue, straight from where it lies
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