Hooks Hook

Various kinds of hooks are noticed in the Bible, of which the following are the most important:

1. Fishing hooks. (Job 41:2; Isaiah 19:8); Habb 1:15
2. A ring, such as in our country is placed through the nose of a bull, and similarly used in the East for leading about lions -- (Ezekiel 19:4) where the Authorized Version has "with chains --camels and other animals. Called "thorn" in (Job 41:2) A similar method was adopted for leading prisoners. (2 Chronicles 33:11)
3. The hooks of the pillars of the tabernacle. (Exodus 26:32,37; 27:10) ff.; Exod 38:13 ff.
4. A vinedressers pruning-hook. (Isaiah 2:4; 18:5; Micah 4:3; Joel 3:10)
5. A flesh-hook for getting up the joints of meat out of the boiling-pot. (Exodus 27:3; 1 Samuel 2:13,14)
6. Probably "hooks" used for the purpose of hanging up animals to flay them. (Ezekiel 40:43)

8240b. shephathayim -- probably hook-shaped pegs, hooks
... << 8240a, 8240b. shephathayim. 8241 >>. probably hook-shaped pegs, hooks.
Transliteration: shephathayim Short Definition: hooks. Word ...
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2053. vav -- a hook, pin, peg
... Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition a hook, pin, peg NASB Word Usage
hooks (13). hook. Probably a hook (the name of the sixth Heb. Letter) -- hook. ...
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2397. chach -- hook, ring, fetter
... Word Origin from the same as choach Definition hook, ring, fetter NASB Word Usage
brooches (1), hook (2), hooks (4). bracelet, chain, hook. Once (Ezek. ...
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6793a. tsinnah -- probably a hook, barb
... Word Origin from the same as tsen Definition probably a hook, barb NASB Word Usage
meat hooks (1). << 6793, 6793a. tsinnah. 6793b >>. Strong's Numbers.
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2336. choach -- briar, bramble, hook, ring, fetter
... briar, bramble, hook, ring, fetter NASB Word Usage briars (1), hook (1), hooks
(1), thickets (1), thistles (1), thorn (1), thorn bush (4), thorns (2). ...
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5518b. sir -- a thorn, hook
... Word Origin from the same as sir Definition a thorn, hook NASB Word Usage hooks
(1), thorn bushes (1), thorns (3). << 5518a, 5518b. sir. 5519 >>. Strong's Numbers
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7165. qeres -- a hook
... Word Origin from qaras Definition a hook NASB Word Usage clasps (9), hooks (1).
tache. From qarac; a knob or belaying-pin (from its swelling form) -- tache. ...
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4211. mazmerah -- a pruning knife
... hooks. Word Origin from zamar Definition a pruning knife NASB Word Usage
pruning hooks (3), pruning knives (1). pruning-hook. From ...
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