Genesis 33:4
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עֵשָׂו
ʻÊsâv
Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity
רוּץ
rûwts
to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
חָבַק
châbaq
to clasp (the hands or in embrace)
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
צַוָּאר
tsavvâʼr
the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)
נָשַׁק
nâshaq
to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons
Key Terms in This Verse
נָשַׁק nâshaq
to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons
Study H5401 →קִרְאָה qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Study H7125 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →Cross References
I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him,
And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and...
When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
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