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Lexicon :: Strong's H2397 - ḥāḥ

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חָח
Transliteration
ḥāḥ
Pronunciation
khawkh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as חוֹחַ (H2336)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 620b

Strong’s Definitions

חָח châch, khawkh; once (Ezekiel 29:4) חָחִי châchîy; from the same as H2336; a ring for the nose (or lips):—bracelet, chain, hook.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H2397 in the following manner: hook (5x), chain (2x), bracelet (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H2397 in the following manner: hook (5x), chain (2x), bracelet (1x).
  1. hook, ring, fetter, brooch

    1. hook, ring (in nose of captive)

    2. hook, ring (as jewellery)

      1. nose ring

      2. bracelet

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָח châch, khawkh; once (Ezekiel 29:4) חָחִי châchîy; from the same as H2336; a ring for the nose (or lips):—bracelet, chain, hook.
STRONGS H2397: Abbreviations
חַח noun masculine hook, ring, fetter; — חַח absolute Exodus 35:22; suffix חַחִי Isaiah 37:29; 2 Kings 19:28; plural חַחִים Ezekiel 19:4 + 2 times + Ezekiel 29:4 Qr (Kt erroneous חחיים, see below); —
1. hook, ring, in nose of captive וְשַׂמְתִּי חַחִי בְּאַפֶּ֑ךָ Isaiah 37:29 = 2 Kings 19:28 (compare בַּחֹחִים 2 Chronicles 33:11, see חוֺחַ above); so of princes of Judah, under figure of young lions Ezekiel 19:4, 9 (in Ezekiel 19:9 transp:, so that בחחים following הביא as Ezekiel 19:4; so Co); in jaws of crocodile (metaphor of Pharaoh), with נתן Ezekiel 29:4, compare Ezekiel 38:4 (but Greek Version of the LXX omits and sense opposes, compare Co and — dubious — Da).
2. hook, ring as ornament, perhaps nose-ring (others brooch, see VB), Exodus 35:22 (P; || נֶזֶם, טַבַּעַת, כּוּמָז).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

35:22; 35:22

2 Kings

19:28; 19:28

2 Chronicles

33:11

Isaiah

37:29; 37:29

Ezekiel

19:4; 19:4; 19:4; 19:9; 19:9; 29:4; 29:4; 38:4

H2397

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2397 matches the Hebrew חָח (ḥāḥ),
which occurs 8 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:22 - And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, H2397 and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:28 - Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook H2397 in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:29 - Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook H2397 in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:4 - The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains H2397 unto the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:9 - And they put him in ward in chains, H2397 and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:4 - But I will put hooks H2397 H2397 in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:4 - And I will turn thee back, and put hooks H2397 into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
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