Definition

properly, a cherisher, i.e. the bosom

Etymology

by contraction from H2245 (חָבַב);

Word family

• חָבַב châbab

How the KJV renders it

• bosom

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.