Topic
Embrace
10 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 29:13ISBE
And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
- Genesis 33:4ISBE
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
- Genesis 48:10ISBE
Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
- 2 Kings 4:16ISBE
And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
- Proverbs 4:8ISBE
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
- Proverbs 5:20ISBE
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
- Ecclesiastes 3:5ISBE
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
- Song of Songs 2:6ISBE
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
- Song of Songs 8:3ISBE
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
- Acts 20:10ISBE
And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 10 references
em-bras': The word has two distinct meanings in the Old Testament:
(1) to clasp and hold fondly in the arms, pointing to a common custom (Ge 29:13; 33:4; 48:10; 2Ki 4:16; So 2:6; 8:3 compare Ac 20:10), and
(2) to have sexual intercourse (Pr 4:8; 5:20; Ec 3:5). It seems to have acquired this technical sense in later Jewish usage.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.