2443. chakkah
Strong's Lexicon
chakkah: Hook

Original Word: חַכָּה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: chakkah
Pronunciation: khak-kaw'
Phonetic Spelling: (khak-kaw')
Definition: Hook
Meaning: a hook

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to wait or adhere

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Strong's Greek 44 (ἄγκιστρον, ankistron) – meaning "hook," used in a similar context in the New Testament.

Usage: The Hebrew word "chakkah" primarily refers to a "hook," often used in the context of fishing. It is a tool designed to catch fish by luring them with bait. The term can also metaphorically imply being caught or ensnared, reflecting a sense of being drawn into something.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, fishing was a common occupation, especially in regions near bodies of water like the Sea of Galilee. Hooks were essential tools for fishermen, who relied on them to provide food and trade goods. The use of hooks in fishing is a practice that dates back thousands of years, and it was a familiar concept to the people of biblical times. The imagery of a hook would have been easily understood by the original audience of the Scriptures.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from the same as chek
Definition
a hook, fishhook
NASB Translation
fishhook (1), hook (1), line (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
חַכָּה noun feminine hook fastened in jaw,

fish-hook (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic חַכְּתָא) — absolute ׳ח Job 40:25 2t.; — כָּלמַֿשְׁלִיכֵי בַיְאֹר חַכָּ֑ה Isaiah 19:8 ("" הַדַּיָּגִים), כֻּלֹה בְּחַכָּה הֵעֲלָה Habakkuk 1:15 (of אדם, who, Habakkuk 1:14, is compare to דְּגֵּי הַיָּם, and רֶמֶשׂ), compare תִּמְשֹׁךְ לִוְיָתָן בְּחַכָּ֑ה Job 40:25.

חִנָּם see below חנן

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
angle, hook

Probably from chakah; a hook (as adhering) -- angle, hook.

see HEBREW chakah

Forms and Transliterations
בְּחַכָּ֑ה בְּחַכָּ֣ה בחכה חַכָּ֑ה חכה bə·ḥak·kāh bechakKah bəḥakkāh chakKah ḥak·kāh ḥakkāh
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Englishman's Concordance
Job 41:1
HEB: תִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְ לִוְיָתָ֣ן בְּחַכָּ֑ה וּ֝בְחֶ֗בֶל תַּשְׁקִ֥יעַ
NAS: out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down
KJV: leviathan with an hook? or his tongue
INT: draw Leviathan angle A cord down

Isaiah 19:8
HEB: מַשְׁלִיכֵ֥י בַיְא֖וֹר חַכָּ֑ה וּפֹרְשֵׂ֥י מִכְמֹ֛רֶת
NAS: those who cast a line into the Nile
KJV: and all they that cast angle into the brooks
INT: cast the Nile A line spread nets

Habakkuk 1:15
HEB: כֻּלֹּה֙ בְּחַכָּ֣ה הֵֽעֲלָ֔ה יְגֹרֵ֣הוּ
NAS: all of them up with a hook, Drag them away
KJV: They take up all of them with the angle, they catch
INT: all A hook bring Drag

3 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2443
3 Occurrences


bə·ḥak·kāh — 2 Occ.
ḥak·kāh — 1 Occ.
















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