Strong's Hebrew #2336 - חוֹחַ choach (briar)

bramble, thistle, thorn

From an unused root apparently meaning to pierce; a thorn; by analogy, a ring for the nose -- bramble, thistle, thorn.

1) thorn, brier, bramble, thornbush, thicket
2) hook, ring, fetter
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from an unused root apparently meaning to pierce
Same Word by TWOT Number: 620a, 620b

חוֺחַ noun masculine^{2Kings 14:9}

1 brier, bramble.

2 hook, ring, fetter; — ׳ח absolute Hosea 9:6 8t; plural חֲוָחִים 1 Samuel 13:6 (but see below), חוֺחִים Songs 2:2; חֹחִים2Chronicles 33:11; — 1. a. brier, bramble 2 Kings 14:9 (twice in verse) = 2Chronicles 25:18 (twice in verse) (allegory of Jehoash); collective, sign of desolation Hosea 9:6 ("" קִמּוֺשׁ), Isaiah 34:13 ("" קִמּוֺשׁ, סִירִים), Job 31:40 (opposed to חִטִּים); in simile of fool's parable עָלָה בְּיַדשִֿׁכּוֺר ׳ח Proverbs 26:9 a brier cometh into the hand of a drunken man (De Now Str); כְּשׁוֺשַׁנָּה בֵּין הַחוֺחִים; Songs 2:2; briers = thickets as hiding-places 1 Samuel 13:6 (but Ew We Dr חוֺרִים holes, compare 1 Samuel 14:11; see below III.חרר; "" מְעָרוֺת, סְלָעִים, צְרִחִים, בֹּרוֺת; ᵐ5 here ἐν τ. μάνδραις; 1 Samuel 14:11 ἐκ τ. τρωγλῶν. 2 late, a. hook or ring, in jaw of crocodile with תִּקֹּב Job 40:26 ("" הֲתָשִׂים אַגְמֹן בְּאַמּוֺ); of captive וַיִּלְכְּדוּ אֶתמְֿנַשֶּׁה בַּחֹחִים2Chronicles 33:11 (compare חַח).

Strong's Hebrew: 2336. ח֫וֹחַ (choach) — 12 Occurrences

1 Samuel 13:6
HEB: הָעָ֗ם בַּמְּעָר֤וֹת וּבַֽחֲוָחִים֙ וּבַסְּלָעִ֔ים וּבַצְּרִחִ֖ים
NAS: themselves in caves, in thickets, in cliffs,
INT: the people caves thickets cliffs cellars

2 Kings 14:9
HEB: יְהוּדָה֮ לֵאמֹר֒ הַח֜וֹחַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹן
NAS: saying, The thorn bush
KJV: saying, The thistle that [was] in Lebanon
INT: of Judah saying the thorn which Lebanon

2 Kings 14:9
HEB: וַתִּרְמֹ֖ס אֶת־ הַחֽוֹחַ׃
NAS: The thorn bush which
KJV: and trode down the thistle.
INT: Lebanon and trampled bush

2 Chronicles 25:18
HEB: יְהוּדָה֮ לֵאמֹר֒ הַח֜וֹחַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹן
NAS: saying, The thorn bush
KJV: saying, The thistle that [was] in Lebanon
INT: of Judah saying the thorn which Lebanon

2 Chronicles 25:18
HEB: וַתִּרְמֹ֖ס אֶת־ הַחֽוֹחַ׃
NAS: The thorn bush which
KJV: and trode down the thistle.
INT: Lebanon and trampled bush

2 Chronicles 33:11
HEB: אֶת־ מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה בַּחֹחִ֑ים וַיַּֽאַסְרֻ֙הוּ֙ בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם
NAS: Manasseh with hooks, bound
KJV: Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him
INT: captured Manasseh hooks bound bronze

Job 31:40
HEB: חִטָּ֨ה ׀ יֵ֥צֵא ח֗וֹחַ וְתַֽחַת־ שְׂעֹרָ֥ה
NAS: Let briars grow instead
KJV: Let thistles grow instead of wheat,
INT: of wheat grow briars instead of barley

Job 41:2
HEB: אַגְמ֣וֹן בְּאַפּ֑וֹ וּ֝בְח֗וֹחַ תִּקּ֥וֹב לֶֽחֱיוֹ׃
NAS: Or pierce his jaw with a hook?
KJV: or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
INT: A rope his nose bramble pierce his jaw

Proverbs 26:9
HEB: ח֭וֹחַ עָלָ֣ה בְיַד־
NAS: [Like] a thorn [which] falls
KJV: [As] a thorn goeth up into the hand
INT: a thorn falls the hand

Songs 2:2
HEB: כְּשֽׁוֹשַׁנָּה֙ בֵּ֣ין הַחוֹחִ֔ים כֵּ֥ן רַעְיָתִ֖י
NAS: among the thorns, So
KJV: As the lily among thorns, so [is] my love
INT: A lily among the thorns So is my darling

Isaiah 34:13
HEB: סִירִ֔ים קִמּ֥וֹשׂ וָח֖וֹחַ בְּמִבְצָרֶ֑יהָ וְהָיְתָה֙
NAS: Nettles and thistles in its fortified cities;
KJV: nettles and brambles in the fortresses
INT: Thorns Nettles and thistles fortified will also be a

Hosea 9:6
HEB: קִמּוֹשׂ֙ יִֽירָשֵׁ֔ם ח֖וֹחַ בְּאָהֳלֵיהֶֽם׃
NAS: of silver; Thorns [will be] in their tents.
KJV: shall possess them: thorns [shall be] in their tabernacles.
INT: Weeds will take Thorns their tents