חֹצֶן
chotsen · bosom, lap
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2684 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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chotsen (חֹצֶן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “bosom, lap”.
Lap: the fold of the cloak over the chest, which served to carry things. Shaking it out was a sign of being left empty.
How to say it
cho·tsen
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The fold of the cloak over the chest, where things or children are carried.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- bosom ×1
- lap ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Nehemiah 5:13
I also shook out my lap and said, “So may Elohim shake out every man who does not fulfill this word, from his house and from his labor; and so may he be shaken out and empty.” And all the assembly said, “Amen.” And they praised YHWH. And the people did according to this word.
- Isaiah 49:22
Thus says Adonai YHWH: “Look, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and to the peoples I will raise my banner; and they will bring your sons in the bosom, and your daughters will be carried on the shoulder.