חָחchâch
hook, ring, fetter
Pronunciation: khawkh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2397
Meanings
1. hook, ring (Isaiah 37:29; 2 Kings 19:28; 2 Chronicles 33:11)
2. hook, ring (Exodus 35:22)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 35:22 Both men and women came, all whose hearts were willing. They brought to the Lord their offerings of gold—brooches, earrings, rings from their fingers, and necklaces. They presented gold objects of every kind as a special offering to the Lord.
- 2 Kings 19:28 And because of your raging against me and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the same road on which you came.”
- Isaiah 37:29 And because of your raging against me and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the same road on which you came.”
- Ezekiel 19:4 Then the nations heard about him, and he was trapped in their pit. They led him away with hooks to the land of Egypt.
- Ezekiel 19:9 With hooks, they dragged him into a cage and brought him before the king of Babylon. They held him in captivity, so his voice could never again be heard on the mountains of Israel.
- Ezekiel 29:4 I will put hooks in your jaws and drag you out on the land with fish sticking to your scales.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).