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Hough

(Pronounced hock,) to hamstring, or cut the cords of the hind legs. The horse taken by David from the Syrians were thus disabled, Joshua 11:6,9; 2 Samuel 8:4.

Easton's Bible Dictionary
To hamstring, i.e., sever the "tendon of Achilles" of the hinder legs of captured horses (Joshua 11:6; 2 Samuel 8:4; 1 Chronicles 18:4), so as to render them useless.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man.

2. (n.) A piece cut by butchers, esp. in pork, from either the front or hind leg, just above the foot.

3. (n.) The popliteal space; the ham.

4. (n.) Same as Hock, a joint.

5. (v. t.) Same as Hock, to hamstring.

6. (n.) An adz; a hoe.

7. (v. t.) To cut with a hoe.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
HOUGH

hok.

See HOCK.

Strong's Hebrew
6131. aqar -- to pluck or root up
... A primitive root; to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring;
figuratively, to exterminate -- dig down, hough, pluck up, root up. ...
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Messiah the Son of God
... T hough every part of a revelation from God must of course be equally true, there
may be a considerable difference even among truths proposed by the same ...
//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah vol 2/sermon xxvii messiah the son.htm

Accusers Challenged
... T hough the collating of manuscripts and various readings has undoubtedly been of
use in rectifying some mistakes which, through the inadvertency of ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah vol 2/sermon xlvi accusers challenged.htm

Messiah's Easy Yoke
... T hough the influence of education and example, may dispose us to acknowledge the
Gospel to be a revelation from God; it can only be rightly understood, or ...
//christianbookshelf.org/newton/messiah vol 1/sermon xv messiahs easy yoke.htm

Ela
... Ela. Ela, David Hough, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was
born in Canaan, Me., in 1831. He was converted in childhood ...
//christianbookshelf.org/nutter/hymn writers of the church/ela.htm

Of the Church
... Dwight, Timothy, [214]DwightT-p0.1. Edmeston, James, [215]Edmeston-p0.1. Ela, David
Hough, [216]ElaDH-p0.1. Ellerton, John, [217]Ellerton-p0.1. ...
/.../nutter/hymn writers of the church/hymn writers of the church.htm

Subject Index
... Dwight, Timothy, [214]DwightT-p0.1. Edmeston, James, [215]Edmeston-p0.1. Ela, David
Hough, [216]ElaDH-p0.1. Ellerton, John, [217]Ellerton-p0.1. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/nutter/hymn writers of the church/subject index.htm

The Transplanting of Congregationalism
... Gospel there." Among them were, probably, Thomas Dudley (who mentions the discussion
in a letter to the Countess of Lincoln), Atherton Hough, Thomas Leverett ...
/.../chapter ii the transplanting of.htm

Calcutta and the Mission Centres from Delhi to Amboyna
... He and Hough, a printer who joined him, formed themselves into a brotherhood on
the same self-denying principles as that of Serampore, whom they besought to ...
/.../smith/the life of william carey/chapter vii calcutta and the.htm

Church Fabrics and Services.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century. <. ...
/.../the english church in the eighteenth century/chapter x church fabrics and.htm

Thesaurus
Hock (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) Alt. of Hough. 3. (vt) To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock;
to hamstring; to hough. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. HOCK. ...
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Hough (1 Occurrence)
... 6. (n.) An adz; a hoe. 7. (vt) To cut with a hoe. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
HOUGH. hok. See HOCK. Multi-Version Concordance Hough (1 Occurrence). ...
/h/hough.htm - 7k

Hamstring (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough;
hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. Multi-Version Concordance ...
/h/hamstring.htm - 7k

Wounded (114 Occurrences)
... Joshua, 'Be not afraid of their presence, for to-morrow about this time I am giving
all of them wounded before Israel; their horses thou dost hough, and their ...
/w/wounded.htm - 37k

Thessalonians (6 Occurrences)
... Rollin Hough Walker. THESSALONIANS, THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE. ... Seeunder
1 Thessalonians. Rollin Hough Walker. Multi-Version Concordance ...
/t/thessalonians.htm - 46k

Hottest (1 Occurrence)

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Houghed (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Hough. Multi-Version Concordance
Houghed (4 Occurrences). Genesis 49:6 My soul, come not ...
/h/houghed.htm - 7k

Paul (207 Occurrences)
... Rollin Hough Walker. THESSALONIANS, THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE. ... Seeunder 1
Thessalonians. Rollin Hough Walker. VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK OF PAUL. ...
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Consist (7 Occurrences)
... Rollin Hough Walker. THESSALONIANS, THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE. ... Seeunder 1
Thessalonians. Rollin Hough Walker. TITUS, EPISTLE TO. See PASTORAL EPISTLES. ...
/c/consist.htm - 80k

Jehovah (20094 Occurrences)
... Professor Delitzsch well said of that passage, "Every word is as it were written
under the cross at Golgotha." Lynn Harold Hough. JEHOVAH. je-ho'-va, je-ho'-va. ...
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Hough (1 Occurrence)

Joshua 11:6
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
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