- Original: חבק - Transliteration: Chabaq - Phonetic: khaw-bak' - Definition: 1. to embrace, clasp a. (Qal) 1. to embrace 2. to fold one's hands in idleness (fig.) b. (Piel) to embrace - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 597 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to clasp (the hands or in embrace): - embrace fold. Total KJV Occurrences: 13 • embrace, 8 2 Kings 4:16; Job 24:8; Proverbs 4:8; Proverbs 5:20; Ecclesiastes 3:5; Song of Songs 2:6; Song of Songs 8:3; Lamentations 4:5 • embraced, 3 Genesis 29:13; Genesis 33:4; Genesis 48:10 • embracing, 1 Ecclesiastes 3:5 • together, 1 Ecclesiastes 4:5