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Strong H2336חוֹחַ

thistle

Transliteration
chôach
Pronunciation
kho'-akh
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From an unused root apparently meaning to pierce; a thorn; by analogy a ring for the nose: - {bramble} {thistle} thorn.

Detailed definition

STEP sense: thistle

Exact lexical definition: brier

Part of speech: noun

BDB context: חוֹחַ n.m . 1. brier , bramble . 2. hook , ring , fetter

In the Bible

Strong H2336 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • thorn5
  • thistle2
  • bramble1
  • let1

First verses

  1. 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.
  2. 2 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.
  3. 2 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.
  4. Job 31:40
    Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
  5. Job 41:2
    Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
  6. Proverbs 26:9
    As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
  7. Song of Songs 2:2
    As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
  8. Isaiah 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.
  9. Hosea 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.
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