חוֹחַ
ḥôaḥ
brier
Strong's H2336NounHebrewTWOT 620a

חוֹחַ (ḥôaḥ) is a Hebrew noun meaning brier. It appears 11 times in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2336).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 620a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 620a)brier, bramble, hook, ring, fetter; dell, crevice, thorn; thicket, thistle
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חוֹחַ noun, masculine: brier, bramble, hook, ring, fetter

Strong's H2337 חָוָח: a dell or crevice (as if pierced in the earth)
KJV:thicket.

Strong's H2336 חוֹחַ: a thorn; by analogy, a ring for the nose
KJV:bramble, thistle, thorn.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 620: חוח ḥwḥ — Root of: חָוָח brier, bramble, hook, ring, fetter; חוֹחַ brier, bramble, hook, ring, fetter; חַח hook, ring, fetter

See it in Scripture

2 Kings 14:92 Chronicles 25:18Job 31:40

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