Bible Dictionaries
Hook
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
HOOK. 1. vav , a book or ring with a spike driven into wood ( Exodus 26:32 etc.). 2. Isaiah 19:8 , Job 41:1 , Amos 4:2 , Matthew 17:27 . The hook used in fishing was of course attached to a line, but whether the latter was simply held in the hand or was attached to a rod cannot be decided.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Hook'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​h/hook.html. 1909.