חָשֻׁק

chashuk · band

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2838 · appears 8 times in the Bible

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What it means

chashuk (חָשֻׁק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “band”.

A rod or ring that joins the pillars to one another.

How to say it

cha·shuk

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

  1. Bars or bands that join the posts of the court.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Where it appears

  • Exodus 27:10

    and its pillars twenty, and their bases twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their rods shall be of silver.

  • Exodus 27:11

    And likewise for the north side, in length, hangings a hundred cubits long, and its pillars twenty, and their bases twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their rods shall be of silver.

  • Exodus 36:38

    and its five pillars and their hooks; and he overlaid their tops and their rods with gold; and their five bases were of bronze.

  • Exodus 38:10

    their pillars twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their rods were of silver.

  • Exodus 38:11

    And for the north side, a hundred cubits; their pillars twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their rods were of silver.

  • Exodus 38:12

    And for the west side, hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten and their bases ten; the hooks of the pillars and their rods were of silver.

  • Exodus 38:17

    And the bases for the pillars were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their rods of silver, and the overlaying of their tops of silver, and they were joined with rods of silver, all the pillars of the courtyard.

  • Exodus 38:19

    And their pillars were four and their bases four, of bronze; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their rods of silver.