Chavaq חָבַק

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Chavaq (Hebrew חָבַק, Strong's H2263) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to embrace”. It occurs 13 times in 12 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to embrace, clasp
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to embrace
1a2) to fold one's hands in idleness (fig.)
1b) (Piel) to embrace

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	embrace (8), embraced (3), embracing (1), foldeth (1), together (1)
BSB	embrace (2), embraces me (2), he embraced (1), embraced him (1), embraced (1), will hold (1), they huddle (1), you embrace her (1), embracing (1), folds (1), huddle (1)

Every verse with Chavaq, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis 29:13
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.When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.
Genesis 33:4
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.
Genesis 48:10
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.Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.

2 Kings 4:16
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 Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”

Job 24:8
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.

Proverbs 4:8
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.
Proverbs 5:20
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Ecclesiastes 3:5
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 embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
Ecclesiastes 4:5
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.

Song of Solomon 2:6
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
Song of Solomon 8:3
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.

Lamentations 4:5
They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).