KJV dictionary & concordance
To clasp in the arms; to receive, accept, or welcome readily.
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First occurrence: 2 Kings 4:16
Complete exact-word concordance
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.
And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt imbrace a sonne. And she said, Nay my lord, thou man of God, doe not lie vnto thine handmaid.
1611 marginal noteHeb. set time.
1611 marginal noteGen. 18.10.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
They are wet with the showres of the mountaines, and imbrace the rocke for want of a shelter.
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
Exalt her, and shee shall promote thee: shee shall bring thee to honour, when thou doest imbrace her.
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
And why wilt thou, my sonne, be rauisht with a strange woman, and imbrace the bosome of a stranger?
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together: a time to imbrace, and a time to refraine from imbracing.
1611 marginal noteHeb. to be farre from.
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
His left hand is vnder my head, and his right hand doeth imbrace me.
1611 marginal noteChap.8.3.
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
His left hand should be vnder my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
1611 marginal noteChap.2.6
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
They that did feede delicatly, are desolate in the streetes: they that were brought vp in scarlet, embrace dounghilles.
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