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bosom
BOSOM.
There are two possibilities under consideration:
- "lap"; Gk. kolpos. The bunchy fold of the dress in front of the breast, into
which one grabs with his hand (Ps 74:11); also used as a pocket or bag in which
bread, grain, and other kinds of food were carried (Hag 2:12; Lk 6:38).
Shepherds also carried lambs (Is 40:11).
- The front of the body between the arms; to "lean on one's bosom" is to so
recline at the table that the head covers, as it were, the breast of the one next
to him (Jn 13:23).
The expression "carried away . . . to
Abraham's bosom" (Lk 16:22) means to obtain the seat next to
Abraham, i.e., to be partaker of the same blessedness as Abraham.
Christ "is in the bosom of the Father" (Jn 1:18), i.e., "He who is most intimately
connected with the Father, and dearest to Him."