Strong's Lexicon

H2397

H2397 — חָח חָחִי

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

Hebrewchachnoun mascOccurrences: 8TWOT: 620b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2397
Word:	חָח חָחִי
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from the same as H2336
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	8
Transliteration:	chach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khawkh (once (Ezek. 29) n-m.
Meaning:	1. a ring for the nose (or lips)
KJV Renderings:	bracelet, chain, hook.

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חַח noun masculine hook, ring, fetter; — חַח absolute Exod 35:22 suffix חַחִי Isa 37:29; 2Kgs 19:28 plural חַחִים Ezek 19:4 + 2 t. + Ezek 29:4 Qr ( Kt erroneous חחיים, see below); —

1. hook, ring, in nose of captive וְשַׂמְתִּי חַחִי בְּאַפֶּ֑ךָ Isa 37:29 = 2Kgs 19:28 (compare בַּחֹחִים 2Chr 33:11 , see חוֺחַ above); so of princes of Judah, under figure of young lions Ezek 19:4; Ezek 19:9 (in Ezek 19:9 transp:, so that בחחים following הביא as Ezek 19:4 so Co); in jaws of crocodile (metaphor of Pharaoh), with נתן Ezek 29:4, compare Ezek 38:4 (but ᵐ5 omits and sense opposes, compare Co and — dubious — Da).

2. hook, ring as ornament, perhaps nose-ring (others brooch , see VB ), Exod 35:22 ( P ; || נֶזֶם, טַבַּעַת, כּוּמָז).

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חח (g’h)

Exodus 35:22

KJV: And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord.

EHCC: brought bracelets, and earrings,

Isaiah 37:29

KJV: Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

EHCC: will 1 put my Aook in thy nose,

Ezekiel 19:4

KJV: The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.

EHCC: brought him with chains unto the land