51 occurrences in 11 translations

'Bosom' in the Bible

And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.

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

And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.

Verse ConceptsSnowMiracles Of Moses And AaronWhite Spots

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

Verse ConceptsBodyMiracles Of Moses And Aaron

Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth 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, which 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

So that 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 which he shall leave:

Verse ConceptsBrothersEvil EyesPeople OpposedStingy Peopleempathytenderheartedness

The tender and delicate woman among you, which 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

About Benjamin he said: "The beloved of the LORD will live confidently, the Most High protecting him all day long, and resting in his bosom."

Verse ConceptsSolutions To InsecurityRest, PhysicalSafetyShouldersGod's Love For Israel

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 meat, 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 moreover have given 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 let her 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 thine 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 a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

Verse ConceptsHousesStairwaysSecret PrayerCarrying Dead BodiesUpper Rooms

“Are the consolations of God [as we have interpreted them to you] too trivial for you,[Or] were we too gentle toward you [in our first speech] to be effective?

Verse ConceptsGod Will Comfort

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 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 humbled 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, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.

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; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;

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

Verse ConceptsArmsMowingNot Reaping What You Sow

Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness];My heart grows numb within me.

Verse ConceptsPeople AppalledBeing LostFeeling LostLoneliness And DepressionBeing Overwhelmedlonlinessoverwhelmed

Let her be as a loving hind and graceful doe,Let her breasts refresh and satisfy you at all times;Always be exhilarated and delight in her love.

Verse ConceptsDeersBreasts, Being AttractiveSex Within MarriageHusbands Duty To WivesDeer Etc.Loving Your WifeStaying PositiveDeerbreaststeenager

And why wilt 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 clothes not be burned?

Verse ConceptsFire Of EvilInfidelityadultry

Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding,But in the hearts of fools it is made known.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfRenewed HeartAspects Of People Made Known

A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Verse ConceptsIdlenessMouthsSluggardsPots For Cooking And Eatingsloth

A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

Verse ConceptsBribery, Is SinActing In SecretEffect Of Bribeswrath

The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

Verse ConceptsSluggardsPots For Cooking And Eating

“My beloved is to me like a pouch of myrrhWhich lies all night between my breasts.

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Being Attractivebreasts

“Your stature is like that of a palm treeAnd your breasts like its clusters [of dates].

Verse ConceptsPalm Treesbreasts

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

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 the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.

Verse ConceptsdefianceWagesSins Of The FathersBurning SacrificesSacrificing On The High PlacesMaking Mistakes

so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her consoling breasts, and so that you may drink deeply and take delight from her glorious bosom."

Verse ConceptsSatisfactionAfflictions, Consolation DuringmomsMotherhoodbreasts

Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD 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 swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was 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 their breasts were pressed and there their virgin bosom was handled.

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Figurative UseTouching To Harmbreastsvirginity

She did not forsake her harlotries from the time in Egypt; for in her youth men had lain with her, and they handled her virgin bosom and poured out their lust on her.

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

Thus you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when the Egyptians handled your bosom because of the breasts of your youth.

Verse ConceptsLewdnessBreasts, Figurative UseBeing Evil From YouthTouching To Harm

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal 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

So he, having his head on Jesus's bosom, leaned back and asked, "Master, who is it?"

Verse ConceptsReclining To EatWho Is The One?breasts

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

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חוק חק חיק 
Cheyq 
Usage: 38

צלּחת 
Tsallachath 
Usage: 3

κόλπος 
Kolpos 
Usage: 3

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