32 occurrences

'Bosom' in the Bible

And Sarai saith unto Abram, 'My violence is for thee; I -- I have given mine handmaid into thy bosom, and she seeth that she hath conceived, and I am lightly esteemed in her eyes; Jehovah doth judge between me and thee.'

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

And Jehovah saith to him again, 'Put in, I pray thee, thy hand into thy bosom;' and he putteth in his hand into his bosom, and he bringeth it out, and lo, his hand is leprous as snow;

Verse ConceptsSnowMiracles Of Moses And AaronWhite Spots

and He saith, 'Put back thy hand unto thy bosom;' and he putteth back his hand unto his bosom, and he bringeth it out from his bosom, and lo, it hath turned back as his flesh --

Verse ConceptsBodyMiracles Of Moses And Aaron

I -- have I conceived all this people? I -- have I begotten it, that Thou sayest unto me, Carry it in thy bosom as the nursing father beareth the suckling, unto the ground which Thou hast sworn to its fathers?

Verse ConceptsArmsGod, Feminine Descriptions OfNursesThe Promise Of A Baby

When thy brother -- son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who is as thine own soul -- doth move thee, in secret, saying, Let us go and serve other gods -- (which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers,

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

The man who is tender in thee, and who is very delicate -- his eye is evil against his brother, and against the wife of his bosom, and against the remnant of his sons whom he leaveth,

Verse ConceptsBrothersEvil EyesPeople OpposedStingy Peopleempathytenderheartedness

The tender woman in thee, and the delicate, who hath not tried the sole of her foot to place on the ground because of delicateness and because of tenderness -- her eye is evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter,

Verse ConceptsPeople Opposed

And Naomi taketh the lad, and layeth him in her bosom, and is to him for a nurse;

Verse ConceptsAdoption

And the poor one hath nothing, Except one little ewe-lamb, Which he hath bought, and keepeth alive, And it groweth up with him, And with his sons together; Of his morsel it eateth, And from his cup it drinketh, And in his bosom it lieth, And it is to him as a daughter;

Verse ConceptsCups, Literal UseNoting What Animals EatPossessing SheepPets

and I give to thee the house of thy lord, and the wives of thy lord, into thy bosom, and I give to thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if little, then I add to thee such and such things.

Verse ConceptsConcubinesTribes Of IsraelAdding BlessingGod Giving FreelyTransferring Wives

and his servants say to him, 'Let them seek for my lord the king a young woman, a virgin, and she hath stood before the king, and is to him a companion, and hath lain in thy bosom, and my lord the king hath heat.'

Verse ConceptsLying Down To RestWarmingThose Looking For Peopleteenager

and she riseth in the middle of the night, and taketh my son from beside me -- and thy handmaid is asleep -- and layeth it in her bosom, and her dead son she hath laid in my bosom;

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Nursing MothersMidnightCorpses Of Other People

And he saith unto her, 'Give to me thy son;' and he taketh him out of her bosom, and taketh him up unto the upper chamber where he is abiding, and layeth him on his own bed,

Verse ConceptsHousesStairwaysSecret PrayerCarrying Dead BodiesUpper Rooms

Whom I -- I see on my side, And mine eyes have beheld, and not a stranger, Consumed have been my reins in my bosom.

Verse ConceptsHeart, HumanHuman Desiresmyself

If I have covered as Adam my transgressions, To hide in my bosom mine iniquity,

Verse ConceptsHiding SinsGuilt

And I -- in their sickness my clothing is sackcloth, I have humbled with fastings my soul, And my prayer unto my bosom returneth.

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

Why dost Thou turn back Thy hand, Even Thy right hand? From the midst of Thy bosom remove it.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodRestraintRight Hand Of GodGod's Hand

And turn Thou back to our neighbours, Sevenfold unto their bosom, their reproach, Wherewith they reproached Thee, O Lord.

Verse ConceptsSevenfoldLet Evil Rebound

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,

That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

Verse ConceptsArmsMowingNot Reaping What You Sow

And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

Verse ConceptsInfatuationAvoid Adultery

Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt?

Verse ConceptsFire Of EvilInfidelityadultry

A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.

Verse ConceptsBribery, Results OfAcceptance Of BribesSecrecyEffect Of Bribes

A gift in secret pacifieth anger, And a bribe in the bosom strong fury.

Verse ConceptsBribery, Is SinActing In SecretEffect Of Bribeswrath

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: 'Lo, I lift up unto nations My hand, And unto peoples I raise up Mine ensign, And they have brought thy sons in the bosom, And thy daughters on the shoulder are carried.

Verse ConceptsFlagsPeople Carrying Live PeopleRaising Children

Lo, it is written before Me: 'I am not silent, but have recompensed; And I have recompensed into their bosom,

Verse ConceptsNot Being StillGod Will RequiteNot Still

Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, said Jehovah, Who have made perfume on the mountains, And on the heights have reproached Me, And I have measured their former work into their bosom.'

Verse ConceptsdefianceWagesSins Of The FathersBurning SacrificesSacrificing On The High PlacesMaking Mistakes

Doing kindness to thousands, and recompensing iniquity of fathers into the bosom of their sons after them; God, the great, the mighty, 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

To their mothers they say, 'Where are corn and wine?' In their becoming feeble as a pierced one In the broad places of the city, In their soul pouring itself out into the bosom of their mothers.

Verse ConceptsAppetite, PhysicalPhysical HungerWineSeeking FoodEarly DeathFaintingWoundsMotherhood

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

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
חוק חק חיק 
Cheyq 
Usage: 38

צלּחת 
Tsallachath 
Usage: 3

κόλπος 
Kolpos 
Usage: 3