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Strong's #2336 - חוֹחַ

Transliteration
chôwach
Phonetics
kho'-akh
Origin
from an unused root apparently meaning to pierce
Parts of Speech
Noun Masculine
TWOT
620a,620b
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) thorn, brier, bramble, thornbush, thicket

2) hook, ring, fetter

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 173 ‑ ἄκανθα (ak'‑an‑thah);  1199 ‑ δεσμός (des‑mon', des‑mos');  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (11)
2 Kings 2
2 Chronicles 3
Job 2
Proverbs 1
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 1
Hosea 1
NAS (16)
1 Samuel 1
2 Kings 4
2 Chronicles 5
Job 2
Proverbs 1
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 1
Hosea 1
HCS (11)
2 Kings 2
2 Chronicles 3
Job 2
Proverbs 1
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 1
Hosea 1
BSB (12)
1 Samuel 1
2 Kings 2
2 Chronicles 3
Job 2
Proverbs 1
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 1
Hosea 1
ESV (9)
2 Kings 2
2 Chronicles 3
Job 1
Proverbs 1
Isaiah 1
Hosea 1
WEB (10)
2 Kings 2
2 Chronicles 2
Job 2
Proverbs 1
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 1
Hosea 1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1169) hh (הההה HhHh) AC: ? CO: Thicket AB: ?: The pictograph h is a picture of a wall. The wall around crops or livestock was constructed of thistles or rocks with thistles laid on top. The thorns prevented intruders from entering. (eng: hook - an exchange for the k and h)

A) hh (הההה HhHh) AC: ? CO: Thorn AB: ?: A sharp object that penetrates the flesh.

Nm) hh (הההה HhHh) - Ring: As pierced through the nose or lip. KJV (8): hook, chain, bracelet - Strongs: H2397 (חָחִי)

J) hfh (ההוהה HhWHh) AC: ? CO: Thorn AB: ?: A sharp point

Nm) hfh (ההוהה HhWHh) - Thorn: KJV (12): thistle, thorn, brambles - Strongs: H2336 (חוֹחַ), H2337 (חוֹחַ)

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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 חוֺחַ noun masculine 2 Kings 14:9

1 brier, bramble.

2 hook, ring, fetter; — ׳ח absolute Hosea 9:6 8t; plural חֲוָחִים 1 Samuel 13:6 (but see below), חוֺחִים Song of Solomon 2:2; חֹחִים 2 Chronicles 33:11; — 1. a. brier, bramble 2 Kings 14:9 (twice in verse) = 2 Chronicles 25:18 (twice in verse) (allegory of Jehoash); collective, sign of desolation Hosea 9:6 ("" קִמּוֺשׁ), Isaiah 34:13 ("" קִמּוֺשׁ, סִירִים), Job 31:40 (opposed to חִטִּים); in simile of fool's parable עָלָה בְּיַדשִֿׁכּוֺר׳ח Proverbs 26:9 a brier cometh into the hand of a drunken man (De Now Str); כְּשׁוֺשַׁנָּה בֵּין הַחוֺחִים; Song of Solomon 2:2; briers = thickets as hiding-places 1 Samuel 13:6 (but Ew We Dr חוֺרִים holes, compare 1 Samuel 14:11; see below III.חרר; "" מְעָרוֺת, סְלָעִים, צְרִחִים, בֹּרוֺת; ᵐ5 here ἐν τ. μάνδραις; 1 Samuel 14:11 ἐκ τ. τρωγλῶν. 2 late, a. hook or ring, in jaw of crocodile with תִּקֹּב Job 40:26 ("" הֲתָשִׂים אַגְמֹן בְּאַמּוֺ); of captive וַיִּלְכְּדוּ אֶתמְֿנַשֶּׁה בַּחֹחִים 2 Chronicles 33:11 (compare חַח).


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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חוֹחַ m.

(1) [In Thes. this noun is rightly referred to the root חָנַח] a thorn, a thorn-bush, Job 31:40; Proverbs 26:9; 2 Kings 14:9. Plur. חוֹחִים Song of Solomon 2:2 and with ו moveable, חֲוָחִים 1 Samuel 13:6, thorn-bushes, thickets.

(2) i.q. חָח a hook, a ring, put through the nostrils of the larger fishes after they were caught, which were then again put into the water, Job 40:26.

(3) an instrument of a similar kind used for binding captives, 2 Chronicles 33:11 comp. Amos 4:2. (In the cognate languages occur the words خَوْخُ, ܚܰܘܚܐܳ, prunus spinosa, and also there are in Hebrew the cognate words חָח and חֲחִי. No verb of a suitable signification can be found, and the noun itself appears to be primitive, sometimes following the analogy of verbs עו֞, sometimes עע֞ and לה֞, comp. אָח a brother, see Lehrg. p. 602.)


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List of Word Forms
בַּחֹחִ֑ים בחחים הַח֜וֹחַ הַחֽוֹחַ׃ הַחוֹחִ֔ים החוח החוח׃ החוחים וָח֖וֹחַ וּ֝בְח֗וֹחַ וּבַֽחֲוָחִים֙ ובחוח ובחוחים וחוח ח֖וֹחַ ח֗וֹחַ ח֭וֹחַ חוח ba·ḥō·ḥîm bachoChim baḥōḥîm Choach ha·ḥō·w·aḥ ha·ḥō·w·ḥîm haChoach hachoChim haḥōwaḥ haḥōwḥîm ḥō·w·aḥ ḥōwaḥ ū·ḇa·ḥă·wā·ḥîm ū·ḇə·ḥō·w·aḥ ūḇaḥăwāḥîm ūḇəḥōwaḥ uvachavaChim uveChoach vaChoach wā·ḥō·w·aḥ wāḥōwaḥ
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