'Embraced' in the Bible
And it happened [that] when Laban heard the message about Jacob, the son of his sister, he ran to meet him. And he embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
But Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell upon his neck and kissed him, and they wept.
Now the eyes of Israel were dim on account of old age; he was not able to see. So he brought them near to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.
And they will say, 'Because they have forsaken Yahweh their God who brought their ancestors out from the land of Egypt and they embraced other gods and bowed down to them and served them. Therefore, Yahweh brought on them all of this disaster.'"
And he set out [and] came to his own father. But [while] he was still a long way away, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran {and embraced him} and kissed him.
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- Adopt (6 instances)
- Bosom (51 instances)
- Comprehend (53 instances)
- Cover (288 instances)
- Embrace (21 instances)
- Embraced (28 instances)
- Encompass (10 instances)
- Espouse (2 instances)
- Hug (1 instance)
- Squeeze (5 instances)