39 occurrences

'Bosom' in the Bible

And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I gave my handmaid into they bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: Jehovah judge between me and thee.

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

And Jehovah said furthermore unto him, Put now thy hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white 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 when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.)

Verse ConceptsBodyMiracles Of Moses And Aaron

Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest 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, that 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;

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

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 whom he hath remaining;

Verse ConceptsBrothersEvil EyesPeople OpposedStingy Peopleempathytenderheartedness

The tender and delicate woman among you, who 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,

Verse ConceptsPeople Opposed

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

Verse ConceptsAdoption

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 morsel, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto 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 have added unto thee such and such things.

Verse ConceptsConcubinesTribes Of IsraelAdding BlessingGod Giving FreelyTransferring Wives

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 cherish him; and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.

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 child in my bosom.

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Nursing MothersMidnightCorpses Of Other People

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

Verse ConceptsHousesStairwaysSecret PrayerCarrying Dead BodiesUpper Rooms

If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,

Verse ConceptsHiding SinsGuilt

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted 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 drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? Pluck it out of thy bosom and consume them .

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodRestraintRight Hand Of GodGod's Hand

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

Verse ConceptsSevenfoldLet Evil Rebound

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; How I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty peoples,

Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

Verse ConceptsArmsMowingNot Reaping What You Sow

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

Verse ConceptsInfatuationAvoid Adultery

Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?

Verse ConceptsFire Of EvilInfidelityadultry

A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.

Verse ConceptsBribery, Results OfAcceptance Of BribesSecrecyEffect Of Bribes

A gift in secret pacifieth anger; And a present in the bosom, strong wrath.

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 ensign to the peoples; and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

Verse ConceptsFlagsPeople Carrying Live PeopleRaising Children

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

Verse ConceptsNot Being StillGod Will RequiteNot Still

your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith Jehovah, that have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills; therefore will I first measure their work into their bosom.

Verse ConceptsdefianceWagesSins Of The FathersBurning SacrificesSacrificing On The High PlacesMaking Mistakes

who showest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; 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 grain and wine? When they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city, When their soul is poured out into their mothers bosom.

Verse ConceptsAppetite, PhysicalPhysical HungerWineSeeking FoodEarly DeathFaintingWoundsMotherhood

and they played the harlot in Egypt; they played the harlot in their youth; there were their breasts pressed, and there was handled the bosom of their virginity.

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Figurative UseTouching To Harmbreastsvirginity

Neither hath she left her whoredoms since the days of Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her, and they handled the bosom of her virginity; and they poured out their whoredom upon her.

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Figurative UseBeing Evil From YouthTouching To HarmPeople Not AbandoningSpiritual HarlotrySex Between Nations

Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in the handling of thy bosom by the Egyptians for the breasts of thy youth.

Verse ConceptsLewdnessBreasts, Figurative UseBeing Evil From YouthTouching To Harm

And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Verse ConceptsAfterlifeHadesHell, Description OfTortureGod Far AwayGod Has ComfortedHellLake Of FirePurgatorydistancelazarus

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

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κόλπος 
Kolpos 
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