Chakkah חַכָּה
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| חַכָּה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | chakkah |
| Strong's number | H2443 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | hook |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (1) |
Chakkah (Hebrew חַכָּה, Strong's H2443) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “hook”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
hook, angle, hook fastened in jaw, fish hook
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | angle (2), hook (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | hook (3) |
Verses
Every verse with Chakkah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 41:1Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
Isaiah
- Isaiah 19:8The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.
Habakkuk
- Habakkuk 1:15They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).