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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:22 - Then all whose hearts were willing, both men and women, came and brought brooches H2397 and [fn]earrings and signet rings and bracelets, all articles of gold; so did every man who waved it as a wave offering of gold to Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:28 -

‘Because of your raging against Me,

And because your [fn]presumptuousness has come up to My ears,

Therefore I will put My hook H2397 in your nose,

And My bridle in your lips,

And I will turn you back by the way which you came.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:29 -

“Because of your raging against Me

And because your [fn]presumptuousness has come up to My ears,

Therefore I will put My hook H2397 in your nose

And My bridle in your lips,

And I will turn you back by the way which you came.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:4 -

‘Then nations heard about him;

He was captured in their pit,

And they brought him with hooks H2397

To the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:9 -

‘They put him in a cage with hooks H2397

And brought him to the king of Babylon;

They brought him in hunting nets

So that his voice would be heard no more

On the mountains of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:4 -

“I will put hooks H2397 in your jaws

And make the fish of your canals of the Nile cling to your scales.

And I will bring you up out of the midst of your canals of the Nile,

And all the fish of your canals of the Nile will cling to your scales.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:4 - “I will turn you about and put hooks H2397 into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your military force, horses and horsemen, all of them [fn]magnificently dressed, a great assembly with large shield and shield, all of them [fn]wielding swords;
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