36 occurrences

'Bosom' in the Bible

And Sarai said to Abram, My wrong be on thee! I have given my maidservant into thy bosom; and now she sees that she has conceived, I am lightly esteemed in her eyes. Jehovah judge between me and thee!

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeCriticism, against believersAbraham, Testing And VictoryPeople Possibly Doing Evil

And Jehovah said moreover to him, Put now thy hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom, and took it out, and behold, his hand was leprous, as snow.

Verse ConceptsSnowMiracles Of Moses And AaronWhite Spots

And he said, Put thy hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again, and took it out of his bosom, and behold, it was turned again as his flesh.

Verse ConceptsBodyMiracles Of Moses And Aaron

Have I conceived all this people, have I brought them forth, that thou sayest to me, Carry them in thy bosom, as the nursing-father beareth the suckling, unto the land which thou didst swear unto their fathers?

Verse ConceptsArmsGod, Feminine Descriptions OfNursesThe Promise Of A Baby

If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, who is to thee as thy soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods (whom thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

Verse ConceptsSecrecyEnticersUnknown GodsDifferent GodsEncouraged To Serve Foreign godsShow No MercyMothers Love For Her ChildrenSiblingsMothers And SonsDeath Of A Motheratheism

The eye of the man in thy midst that is tender and very luxurious shall be evil towards his brother, and the wife of his bosom, and the residue of his children which he hath left;

Verse ConceptsBrothersEvil EyesPeople OpposedStingy Peopleempathytenderheartedness

The eye of the tender and luxurious woman in thy midst who would not attempt to set the sole of her foot upon the ground from luxuriousness and from tenderness, shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and her son, and her daughter,

Verse ConceptsPeople Opposed

And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it.

Verse ConceptsAdoption

but the poor man had nothing at all, but one little ewe lamb which he had bought, and was nourishing; and it grew up with him, and together with his children: it ate of his morsel, and drank of his own cup, and slept in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter.

Verse ConceptsCups, Literal UseNoting What Animals EatPossessing SheepPets

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.

Verse ConceptsConcubinesTribes Of IsraelAdding BlessingGod Giving FreelyTransferring Wives

And his servants said to him, Let there be found 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 warm.

Verse ConceptsLying Down To RestWarmingThose Looking For Peopleteenager

And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom.

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Nursing MothersMidnightCorpses Of Other People

And he said to her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the upper chamber where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

Verse ConceptsHousesStairwaysSecret PrayerCarrying Dead BodiesUpper Rooms

If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,

Verse ConceptsHiding SinsGuilt

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I chastened my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into mine own bosom:

Verse ConceptsFasting, Practice OfClothHumilityPrayer, Practicalities OfCaring For The SickSick IndividualsHow To FastHumbling OneselfFastingFasting And Prayer

Why withdrawest thou thy hand, and thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom: consume them.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodRestraintRight Hand Of GodGod's Hand

And render unto our neighbours, sevenfold into their bosom, their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

Verse ConceptsSevenfoldLet Evil Rebound

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants that I bear in my bosom that of all the mighty peoples --

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom;

Verse ConceptsArmsMowingNot Reaping What You Sow

And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Verse ConceptsInfatuationAvoid Adultery

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?

Verse ConceptsFire Of EvilInfidelityadultry

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.

Verse ConceptsBribery, Results OfAcceptance Of BribesSecrecyEffect Of Bribes

A gift in secret pacifieth anger; and a present in the bosom, vehement fury.

Verse ConceptsBribery, Is SinActing In SecretEffect Of Bribeswrath

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my banner to the peoples; and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and thy daughters shall be carried upon the shoulder.

Verse ConceptsFlagsPeople Carrying Live PeopleRaising Children

Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

Verse ConceptsNot Being StillGod Will RequiteNot Still

your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith Jehovah, who have burned incense upon the mountains, and outraged me upon the hills; and I will measure their former work into their bosom.

Verse ConceptsdefianceWagesSins Of The FathersBurning SacrificesSacrificing On The High PlacesMaking Mistakes

who shewest mercy unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them, thou, the great, the mighty God, Jehovah of hosts is his name;

Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheChildren, responsibilities to parentsParents SinSins Of The FathersGod As A WarriorHis Name Is The LordMighty OneGod Showed His Lovingkindness

They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city; when they pour out their soul into their mothers' bosom.

Verse ConceptsAppetite, PhysicalPhysical HungerWineSeeking FoodEarly DeathFaintingWoundsMotherhood

Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall be given into your bosom: for with the same measure with which ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of PossessionsGenerosity, HumanAbundant LifeBad LeadershipEquality In PaymentGiving To OthersBeing BlessedGod, The ProviderProfitsStewardshipPressingPeople ShakingPlenty Through GodGood ReboundingRight MeasuresEconomicsGivingTreating OthersGiving Backmeasurement

And in hades lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Verse ConceptsAfterlifeHadesHell, Description OfTortureGod Far AwayGod Has ComfortedHellLake Of FirePurgatorydistancelazarus

Bible Theasaurus

Bosom (51 instances)
Breast (91 instances)
Embrace (21 instances)
Squeeze (5 instances)

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κόλπος 
Kolpos 
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