Strong's Hebrew · H2336

חוֹחַ

chôwach · kho'-akh

bramble, thistle, thorn.

Definition

a thorn; by analogy, a ring forthe nose

Derivation

from an unused root apparently meaning to pierce;

Appears 11 times in Scripture

Job 41:2

Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?

Song of Solomon 2:2

Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.

2 Chronicles 25:18

But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.

2 Chronicles 33:11

So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

Job 31:40

then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.

1 Samuel 13:6

Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.

Proverbs 26:9

Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

2 Kings 14:9

But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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