Word Study · Strong's H2336 · Hebrew
חוֹחַ
choach
kho'-akh
Strong's 1890 spelling: chôwach
“a thorn”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a thorn; by analogy, a ring forthe nose
Rendered in the KJV as
bramble, thistle, thorn.
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- הַח֜וֹחַ2
- הַחֽוֹחַ׃2
- בַּחֹחִ֑ים1
- הַחוֹחִ֔ים1
- וּ֝בְח֗וֹחַ1
- וּבַֽחֲוָחִים֙1
- וָח֖וֹחַ1
- ח֗וֹחַ1
- ח֭וֹחַ1
- ח֖וֹחַ1
How it is rendered · 7
- the thornbush4
- thorn[s]3
- and in the thickets1
- and thornbush[es]1
- and with a hook1
- the thorns1
- with the hooks1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular4
- noun · masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncmsa · 4
- HNcmsa · 3
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HC/R/Ncmsa · 1
- HC/Rd/Ncmpa · 1
- HRd/Ncmpa · 1
- HTd/Ncmpa · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Chronicles3 of 12 · 25%
- 2 Kings2 of 12 · 17%
- Job2 of 12 · 17%
- 1 Samuel1 of 12 · 8%
- Proverbs1 of 12 · 8%
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2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 14:9הַח֜וֹחַhachoachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.here: the thornbush
- 2 Kings 14:9הַחֽוֹחַ׃hachoachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.here: the thornbush
2 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 25:18הַח֜וֹחַhachoachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.here: the thornbush
- 2 Chronicles 25:18הַחֽוֹחַ׃hachoachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.here: the thornbush
- 2 Chronicles 33:11בַּחֹחִ֑יםbachochimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralSo the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.here: with the hooks
Job2 occurrences
- Job 31:40ח֗וֹחַchoachnoun · masculine singularthen let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.here: thorn[s]
- Job 41:2וּ֝בְח֗וֹחַuvechoachconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singularCan you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?here: and with a hook