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H2336Hebrew

חוַֹח

Definition and meaning

chowach (kho'-akh) n-m. 1. a thorn 2. by analogy, a ring for the nose [from an unused root apparently meaning to pierce] KJV: bramble, thistle, thorn.

Tagged KJV passages

9 matching verses - 11.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

2 Kings 14:9

And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

Matched English: thistle, thistle2 Chronicles 25:18

And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

Matched English: thistle, thistle2 Chronicles 33:11

Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

Matched English: thornsJob 31:40

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

Matched English: thistlesJob 41:2

Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

Matched English: thornProverbs 26:9

As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Matched English: thornSong of Solomon 2:2

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

Matched English: thornsIsaiah 34:13

And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.

Matched English: bramblesHosea 9:6

For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.

Matched English: thorns