חָח
châch · khawkh
a ring for the nose (or lips)
Lexicon
Derivation: once (Ezekiel 29:4) חָחִי; from the same as H2336 (חוֹחַ);
a ring for the nose (or lips)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bracelet, chain, hook.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to separate and protect
To separate and protect that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- hooks3 · 38%
- my hook2 · 25%
- bracelets1 · 13%
- him with chains1 · 13%
- in chains1 · 13%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.