חַכָּה
chaka · hook, fishhook
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2443 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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chaka (חַכָּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “hook, fishhook”.
A hook, a fishhook.
How to say it
cha·ka
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A metal hook used for fishing.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- hook ×2
- fishhook ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 41:1
Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook, or with a cord press down its tongue?
- Isaiah 19:8
And the fishermen will moan, and all who cast a hook in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread a net on the surface of the waters will languish.
- Habakkuk 1:15
All of them he brings up with a hook; he drags them in his net and gathers them in his dragnet; therefore he rejoices and exults.