What Does “Lap (bosom)” Mean in the Bible?
The hollow made by the skirt when a person is seated; where a child sits or is held.
A detail
- In the Bible: Naomi laid Ruth’s child on her lap. And Elijah took the widow’s son from her lap to pray for him.
Where it appears in the Bible
Ruth 4:16; 1 Kings 17:19
What the Bible says
Ruth 4:16
And Noemi taking the child laid it in her bosom, and she carried it, and was a nurse unto it.
1 Kings 17:19
And Elias said to her: Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him into the upper chamber where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Dictionary.com, “lap”