Strong’s H2263 · Hebrew

חָבַק
châbaq
khaw-bak'

Definition

to clasp (the hands or in embrace)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • embrace
  • fold

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.