קֶרֶס (qeres) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning hook. It appears
10 times
in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7165).
Also rendered
clasp
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2073a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2073a)hook; knob; tache
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
קֶ֫רֶסnoun, masculine: hook
hook, matching the loops
Strong's H7165קֶרֶס: a knob or belaying-pin (from its swelling form) KJV:tache.
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 2073: קָרַסqāras — bend down, stoop, crouch; hunch