H2397: חָח
châch · pronounced khawkh · “hook”
Definition
a ring for the nose (or lips)
KJV translates it as: bracelet, chain, hook.
Word origin: once (Ezekiel 29:4) חָחִי; from the same as H2336 (חוֹחַ);
Extended definition
1a) hook, ring (in nose of captive)
1b) hook, ring (as jewellery)
1b1) nose ring
1b2) bracelet
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2397 is translated
- hooks ×4
- my ×2
- nose rings ×1
Bible verses with H2397 (châch)
Châch appears in 7 verses.
- Exodus 35:22
And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord.
- 2 Kings 19:28
Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
- Isaiah 37:29
Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
- Ezekiel 19:4
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
- Ezekiel 19:9
And they put him in ward in chains, 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.
- Ezekiel 29:4
But I will put hooks 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.
- Ezekiel 38:4
And I will turn thee back, and put hooks 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: