חוֹחַ

1. brier, bramble.

2. hook, ring, fetter; — ׳ח absolute Hos 9:6 + 8 t; plural חֲוָחִים 1Sam 13:6 (but see below), חוֺחִים Song 2:2 חֹחִים 2Chr 33:11 —

1. a. brier, bramble 2Kgs 14:9 (twice in verse) = 2Chr 25:18 (twice in verse) (allegory of Jehoash); collective, sign of desolation Hos 9:6 (|| קִמּוֺשׁ), Isa 34:13 (|| קִמּוֺשׁ, סִירִים), Job 31:40 (opposed to חִטִּים); in simile of fool's parable עָלָה בְּיַדשִֿׁכּוֺר ׳ח Prov 26:9 a brier cometh into the hand of a drunken man (De Now Str); כְּשׁוֺשַׁנָּה בֵּין הַחוֺחִים; Song 2:2 briers = thickets as hiding-places 1Sam 13:6 (but Ew We Dr חוֺרִים holes, compare 1Sam 14:11 see below III. חרר; || מְעָרוֺת, סְלָעִים, צְרִחִים, בֹּרוֺת; ᵐ5 here ἐν τ. μάνδραις; 1Sam 14:11 ἐκ τ. τρωγλῶν.

2. late,
  a. hook or ring, in jaw of crocodile with תִּקֹּב Job 40:26 (|| הֲתָשִׂים אַגְמֹן בְּאַפּוֺ); of captive וַיִּלְכְּדוּ אֶתמְֿנַשֶּׁה בַּחֹחִים 2Chr 33:11 (compare חַח).