חוֹחַ choach

Hebrew word for “thistle” · Strong’s H2336 · used 12 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

1) thorn, brier, bramble, thornbush, thicket; 2) hook, ring, fetter; Also means: cha.vach (חָוָח "thicket" H2337)

How it is translated

Glosses given for choach in context, with how often each is used:

• thornbush 4
• thorns 4
• thickets 1
• hooks 1
• hook 1
• thornbushes 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 13 (1), 2 Kings 14 (1), 2 Chronicles 25 (1), 2 Chronicles 33 (1), Job 31 (1), Job 41 (1), Proverbs 26 (1), Song of Solomon 2 (1), Isaiah 34 (1), Hosea 9 (1)

Forms

• החוח 4
• חוח 3
• ובחוחים 1
• בחחים 1
• ובחוח 1
• החוחים 1
• וחוח 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with choach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• קִמּוֹשׂ qimmosh “nettle” 2
• בַּת bat “daughter” 4
• רָמַס ramas “to trample” 2
• אֲמַצְיָהוּ amatsyah “Amaziah” 2
• לְבָנוֹן levanon “Lebanon” 2
• אֶרֶז erez “cedar” 2
• שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 2
• חַי chay “alive” 2
• עָבַר avar “to pass” 2
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 2
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 2
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 2

Key verses

The verses using choach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Samuel 13:6 — When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• Job 31:40 — Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
• Job 41:2 — Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
• Proverbs 26:9 — As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
• Song of Solomon 2:2 — As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
• 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.
• 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.