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
“Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?”
“Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.”
“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.”
“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.”
“then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.”
“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.”
“Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.”
“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).