2397. chach

Strong's Lexicon

chach: Palate, roof of the mouth, taste

Original Word: חַךְ
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: chach
Pronunciation: khakh
Phonetic Spelling: (khawkh)
Definition: Palate, roof of the mouth, taste
Meaning: a ring for, the nose

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as choach
Definition
hook, ring, fetter
NASB Translation
brooches (1), hook (2), hooks (4).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

1 hook, ring, in nose of captive וְשַׂמְתִּי חַחִי בְּאַמֶּ֑ךָ Isaiah 37:29 = 2 Kings 19:28 (compare בַּחֹחִים2Chronicles 33:11, see חוֺחַ above); so of princes of Judah, under figure of young lions Ezekiel 19:4,9 (in Ezekiel 19:9 transp:, so that בחחים following הביא as Ezekiel 19:4; so Co); in jaws of crocodile (metaphor of Pharaoh), with נתן Ezekiel 29:4, compare Ezekiel 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), Exodus 35:22 (P; "" נֶזֶם, טַבַּעַת, כּוּמָז).

חוט (of following; Arabic , Aramaic , חַיֵּט sew).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

bracelet, chain, hook

Once (Ezek. 29:4) chachiy {khakh-ee'}; from the same as chowach; a ring for the nose (or lips) -- bracelet, chain, hook.

see HEBREW chowach

Forms and Transliterations

בַּֽחַחִ֔ים בַֽחַחִ֖ים בחחים חַחִ֖ים חַחִ֜י חַחִים֙ חָ֣ח חח חחי חחים ba·ḥa·ḥîm ḇa·ḥa·ḥîm bachaChim baḥaḥîm ḇaḥaḥîm chach chaChi chaChim ḥa·ḥî ḥa·ḥîm ḥāḥ ḥaḥî ḥaḥîm vachaChim

Englishman's Concordance

Exodus 35:22
HEB: לֵ֗ב הֵ֠בִיאוּ חָ֣ח וָנֶ֜זֶם וְטַבַּ֤עַת
NAS: [and] brought brooches and earrings
KJV: [and] brought bracelets, and earrings,
INT: hearts brought brooches and earrings and signet

2 Kings 19:28
HEB: בְאָזְנָ֑י וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י חַחִ֜י בְּאַפֶּ֗ךָ וּמִתְגִּי֙
NAS: Therefore I will put My hook in your nose,
KJV: therefore I will put my hook in thy nose,
INT: to my ears will put my hook your nose and my bridle

Isaiah 37:29
HEB: בְאָזְנָ֑י וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י חַחִ֜י בְּאַפֶּ֗ךָ וּמִתְגִּי֙
NAS: Therefore I will put My hook in your nose
KJV: therefore will I put my hook in thy nose,
INT: to my ears will put my hook your nose and my bridle

Ezekiel 19:4
HEB: נִתְפָּ֑שׂ וַיְבִאֻ֥הוּ בַֽחַחִ֖ים אֶל־ אֶ֥רֶץ
NAS: And they brought him with hooks To the land
KJV: and they brought him with chains unto the land
INT: was captured brought hooks about to the land

Ezekiel 19:9
HEB: וַֽיִּתְּנֻ֤הוּ בַסּוּגַר֙ בַּֽחַחִ֔ים וַיְבִאֻ֖הוּ אֶל־
NAS: him in a cage with hooks And brought
KJV: him in ward in chains, and brought
INT: put A cage hooks and brought to

Ezekiel 29:4
HEB: [חַחִיִּים כ] (חַחִים֙ ק) בִּלְחָיֶ֔יךָ
NAS: I will put hooks in your jaws
KJV: But I will put hooks in thy jaws,
INT: will put bracelet your jaws cling

Ezekiel 38:4
HEB: וְשׁ֣וֹבַבְתִּ֔יךָ וְנָתַתִּ֥י חַחִ֖ים בִּלְחָיֶ֑יךָ וְהוֹצֵאתִי֩
NAS: and put hooks into your jaws,
KJV: and put hooks into thy jaws,
INT: will turn and put hooks your jaws will bring

7 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2397
7 Occurrences

ba·ḥa·ḥîm — 1 Occ.
ḥāḥ — 1 Occ.
ḥa·ḥî — 2 Occ.
ḥa·ḥîm — 2 Occ.
ḇa·ḥa·ḥîm — 1 Occ.