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.