Lexical Definition

‎חוֹחַ‎ chôwach (kho'-akh) thistle ^H:N-M
from an unused root apparently meaning to pierce

bramble, thistle, thorn.

• a thorn
• by analogy, a ring forthe nose

1) thorn, brier, bramble, thornbush, thicket
2) hook, ring, fetter

See Greek: ἄκανθα · δεσμόν

Extended Information

• Also means: cha.vach (‎ח‎ָ‎ו‎ָ‎ח‎ "thicket" חָוָח)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חוֺחַ‎ noun masculine^{2Kgs 14:9}

1. brier, bramble.

2. hook, ring, fetter; — ‎׳‎‎ח‎ absolute Hos 9:6 + 8 t; plural ‎חֲוָחִים‎ 1Sam 13:6 (but see below), ‎חוֺחִים‎ Song 2:2 ‎חֹחִים‎ 2Chr 33:11 —

1. a. brier, bramble 2Kgs 14:9 (twice in verse) = 2Chr 25:18 (twice in verse) (allegory of Jehoash); collective, sign of desolation Hos 9:6 (|| ‎קִמּוֺשׁ‎), Isa 34:13 (|| ‎קִמּוֺשׁ‎, ‎סִירִים‎), Job 31:40 (opposed to ‎חִטִּים‎); in simile of fool's parable ‎עָלָה בְּיַדשִֿׁכּוֺר‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Prov 26:9 a brier cometh into the hand of a drunken man (De Now Str); ‎כְּשׁוֺשַׁנָּה בֵּין הַחוֺחִים‎; Song 2:2 briers = thickets as hiding-places 1Sam 13:6 (but Ew We Dr ‎חוֺרִים‎ holes, compare 1Sam 14:11 see below III. ‎חרר‎; || ‎מְעָרוֺת‎, ‎סְלָעִים‎, ‎צְרִחִים‎, ‎בֹּרוֺת‎; ᵐ5 here ἐν τ. μάνδραις; 1Sam 14:11 ἐκ τ. τρωγλῶν.

2. late,
a. hook or ring, in jaw of crocodile with ‎תִּקֹּב‎ Job 40:26* (|| ‎הֲתָשִׂים אַגְמֹן בְּאַפּוֺ‎); of captive ‎וַיִּלְכְּדוּ אֶתמְֿנַשֶּׁה בַּחֹחִים‎ 2Chr 33:11 (compare ‎חַח‎).

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