Strong's Lexicon

H2337

H2337 — חָוָח

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewchavachnoun mascOccurrences: not listedTWOT: 620a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2337
Word:חָוָח
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:perhaps the same as H2336
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:Not listed
Transliteration:chavach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:khaw-vawkh'
Meaning:1. a dell or crevice (as if pierced in the earth)
KJV Renderings:thicket.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2603

חוֺחַ noun masculine 2Kgs 14:9

1. brier, bramble.
2. hook, ring, fetter;
׳ ח absolute Hos 9:6 + 8 t; plural חֲוָחִים 1Sam 13:6 (but see below), חוֺחִים Song 2:2 חֹחִים 2Chr 33:11
1.
a. brier, bramble 2Kgs 14:9 (twice in verse) = 2Chr 25:18 (twice in verse) (allegory of Jehoash); collective, sign of desolation Hos 9:6 (|| קִמּוֺשׁ), Isa 34:13 (|| קִמּוֺשׁ, סִירִים), Job 31:40 (opposed to חִטִּים); in simile of fool's parable עָלָה בְּיַדשִֿׁכּוֺר ׳ ח Prov 26:9 a brier cometh into the hand of a drunken man (De Now Str); כְּשׁוֺשַׁנָּה בֵּין הַחוֺחִים; Song 2:2 briers = thickets as hiding-places 1Sam 13:6 (but Ew We Dr חוֺרִים holes, compare 1Sam 14:11 see below III. חרר; || מְעָרוֺת, סְלָעִים, צְרִחִים, בֹּרוֺת; ᵐ5 here ἐν τ. μάνδραις; 1Sam 14:11 ἐκ τ. τρωγλῶν.
2. late,
a. hook or ring, in jaw of crocodile with תִּקֹּב Job 40:26 (|| הֲתָשִׂים אַגְמֹן בְּאַפּוֺ); of captive וַיִּלְכְּדוּ אֶתמְֿנַשֶּׁה בַּחֹחִים 2Chr 33:11 (compare חַח).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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