King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2397
Transliteration: chach
Phonetic Spelling: (khawkh)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: hook, ring, fetter
Meaning: a ring for, the nose
Word Summary
chach: hook, ring, fetter
Original Word: חָחTransliteration: chach
Phonetic Spelling: (khawkh)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: hook, ring, fetter
Meaning: a ring for, the nose
Strong's Concordance
bracelet, chain, hook Once (Ezek. 29:4) chachiy {khakh-ee'}; from the same as chowach; a ring for the nose (or lips) -- bracelet, chain, hook.
see HEBREW chowach
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2397. chach
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 2t. + 29:4 Qr (Kt erroneous חחיים, see below); —
1 hook, ring, in nose of captive בְּאַמֶּ֑ךָ חַחִי וְשַׂמְתִּי Isaiah 37:29 = 2 Kings 19:28 (compare בַּחֹחִים2 Chronicles 33:11, see חוֺחַ above); so of princes of Judah, under figure of young lions Ezekiel 19:4, 9 (in 19:9 transp:, so that בחחים following הביא as 19:4; so Co); in jaws of crocodile (metaphor of Pharaoh), with נתן 29:4, compare 38:4 (but ᵐ5 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; "" כּוּמָז טַבַּעַת, נֶזֶם,).
חוט (of following; Arabic , Aramaic , חַיֵּט sew).