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Hook

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2397

חַח

chach — hook

1) hook, ring, fetter, brooch 1a) hook, ring (in nose of captive) 1b) hook, ring (as jewellery) 1b1) nose ring 1b2) bracelet

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2336

חוֹחַ

cho.ach — thistle

1) thorn, brier, bramble, thornbush, thicket 2) hook, ring, fetter Also means: cha.vach (חָוָח "thicket" H2337)

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GREEK · G1407

δρέπανον

drepanon — sickle

δρέπανον, -ου, τό (later form of Attic δρεπάνη, δρέπω, to pluck), [in LXX for מַזְמֵדָה, חֶרְמֵשׁ, etc. ;] a sickle, pruning-hook; Mrk.4:29, Rev.14:14-19.† (AS)

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GREEK · G44

ἄγκιστρον

agkistron — fishhook

ἄγκιστρον, -ου, τό (ἄγκος, a bend), [in LXX חַכָּה, etc. ;] a fish-hook: Mat.17:27.† (AS)

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GREEK · G21235

τινάσσω

tinassō — to quake

1. to shake or brandish a weapon or shield, (Iliad by Homer), etc. 2. generally, to shake , τ. γαῖαν, of Poseidon, (Iliad by Homer); θρόνον ἐτίναξε upset the seat, (Odyssey by Homer): of wind, to scatter , (Odyssey by Homer):—;Mid., τιναξάσθην πτερά they shook their wings, (Odyssey by Homer):—;Pass., ἐτινάσσετο Ὄλυμπος shook or quaked , (Hesiod) (ML)

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GREEK · G6188

ἀκίς

akis — a point

1. a point, the barb of an arrow or hook, (Plutarch) 2. metaphorically, πόθων ἀκίδες the stings of desire, [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)

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GREEK · G6650

βάλανος

balanos — a pin

1. an acorn , Lat. glans, the fruit of the φηγός, given to swine, (Odyssey by Homer):—; any similar fruit, the date , (Herdotus Historicus) 2. from similarity of shape, an iron peg, a bolt-pin , Lat. pessulus, passed through the wooden bar ( μοχλός) into the door-post, so that the bar could not be removed till the pin was taken out with a hook ( βαλανάγρα), (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)

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GREEK · G8064

κοντός

kontos — a shaft

a pole, punting-pole, boat-hook , Lat. contus, (Odyssey by Homer), attic: the shaft of a pike, (Lucian) (ML)

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GREEK · G8074

κορώνη

korōnē — a crowbar

1. Lat. cornix, the chough or sea-crow , a small kind with red legs and bill, (Odyssey by Homer) 2. = κόραξ, the carrion-crow , (Hesiod) 3. anything hooked or curved , like a crow's bill, 4. the handle on a door , (Odyssey by Homer) 5. the tip of a bow , on which the bowstring was hooked, (Homer):—;metaphorically, βιῷ κορώνην ἐπιθεῖναι to put a finish to life, (Lucian) (ML)

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GREEK · G8095

κρίκος

krikos — a hook

1. a ring on a horse's breast-band, to fasten it to the peg ἕστωρ); at the end of the carriage-pole, (Iliad by Homer) 2. an eyelet-hole in sails, through which the reefing-ropes were drawn, (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)

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GREEK · G8591

πάλλω

pallō — to agitate

1. to poise or sway a missile before it is thrown, (Euripides) 2. to sway other arms, not missiles, σάκος (Hesiod); πέλτας (Euripides):—;then, to toss a child, (Iliad by Homer); Νὺξ ὄχημm ἔπαλλεν she drave it furiously , (Euripides) 3. κλήρους ἐν κυνέηι πάλλον they shook the lots together in a helmet, till one leapt forth, (Homer): absolute to cast lots , (Iliad by Homer); ὅθ᾽ αὐτοὺς οἱ βραβεῖς κλήροις ἔπηλαν where the stewards ranged them by casting lots, (Sophocles Tragicus):—;Mid. to draw lots , ἔλαχον ἅλα παλλομένων I obtained the sea when we cast lots , (Iliad by Homer); so in (Herdotus Historicus) 4. Pass. to swing or dash oneself , ἐν ἄντυγι πάλτο he dashed himself upon the shield-rim, (Iliad by Homer): to quiver, leap , especially in fear, πάλλεται ἦτορ (Iliad by Homer); also of the person, παλλομένη κραδίην (Iliad by Homer); of dying fish, to quiver, leap , (Herdotus Historicus) 5. intransitive, like the Pass., to leap, bound , (Euripides): to quiver , (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)

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Historical dictionary entry

(1.) Heb. hah, a “ring” inserted in the nostrils of animals to which a cord was fastened for the purpose of restraining them (2 Kings 19:28; Isa. 37:28, 29; Ezek. 29:4; 38:4). “The Orientals make use of this contrivance for curbing their work-beasts...When a beast becomes unruly they have only to draw the cord on one side, which, by stopping his breath, punishes him so effectually that after a few repetitions he fails not to become quite tractable whenever he begins to feel it” (Michaelis). So God’s agents are never beyond his control. (2.) Hakkah, a fish “hook” (Job 41:2, Heb. Text, 40:25; Isa. 19:8; Hab. 1:15). (3.) Vav, a “peg” on which the curtains of the tabernacle were hung (Ex. 26:32). (4.) Tsinnah, a fish-hooks (Amos 4:2). (5.) Mazleg, flesh-hooks (1 Sam. 2:13, 14), a kind of fork with three teeth for turning the sacrifices on the fire, etc. (6.) Mazmeroth, pruning-hooks (Isa. 2:4; Joel 3:10). (7.) ‘Agmon (Job 41:2, Heb. Text 40:26), incorrectly rendered in the Authorized Version. Properly a rush-rope for binding animals, as in Revised Version margin.

Scripture references

2 Kings 19:28Isaiah 37:28Isaiah 37:29Ezekiel 29:4Ezekiel 38:4Job 41:2Isaiah 19:8Habakkuk 1:15Exodus 26:32Amos 4:21 Samuel 2:131 Samuel 2:14Isaiah 2:4Joel 3:10

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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