Hebrew noun (masculine) · H2336
חוֹחַ
choachkho'-akh
thistle
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chôwach
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2336is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2336
a thorn; by analogy, a ring forthe nose
The King James renders it: bramble, thistle, thorn.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
choach is rendered "thistle". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Three of the uses stand in 2 Chronicles, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 13:6Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
1 Samuel 13:6וּבַֽחֲוָחִים֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's twelve uses are in 2 Chronicles.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the thornbush4
- thorn3
- and in the thickets1
- and thornbush1
- and with a hook1
- the thorns1
- with the hooks1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַח֜וֹחַ2
- הַחֽוֹחַ׃2
- בַּחֹחִ֑ים1
- הַחוֹחִ֔ים1
- וּ֝בְח֗וֹחַ1
- וּבַֽחֲוָחִים֙1
- וָח֖וֹחַ1
- ח֗וֹחַ1
- ח֭וֹחַ1
- ח֖וֹחַ1
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular4HTd/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular3HNcmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1HC/R/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1HC/Rd/Ncmpa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1HRd/Ncmpa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1HTd/Ncmpa
1 Samuel
one use
Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
- וּבַֽחֲוָחִים֙uvachavachimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and in the thickets
2 Kings
two uses
But 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.
- הַח֜וֹחַhachoachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the thornbush
- הַחֽוֹחַ׃hachoachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the thornbush
2 Chronicles
three uses
But 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.
- הַח֜וֹחַhachoachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the thornbush
- הַחֽוֹחַ׃hachoachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the thornbush
So 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.
- בַּחֹחִ֑יםbachochimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: with the hooks
Job
two uses
then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.
- ח֗וֹחַchoachnoun · masculine singulartagged: thorn
Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
- וּ֝בְח֗וֹחַuvechoachconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: and with a hook
Proverbs
one use
Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
- ח֭וֹחַchoachnoun · masculine singulartagged: thorn
Song of Solomon
one use
Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
- הַחוֹחִ֔יםhachochimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the thorns
Isaiah
one use
Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.
- וָח֖וֹחַvachoachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and thornbush
Hosea
one use
For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.
- ח֖וֹחַchoachnoun · masculine singulartagged: thorn
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.