Occurrences
Chôwach occurs 11 times in 9 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (2), Job (2), Proverbs (1), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (1), Hosea (1)
- 2 Kings 14:9 — And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle (הַח֜וֹחַ) that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
- 2 Kings 14:9 — And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle (הַחֽוֹחַ).
- 2 Chronicles 25:18 — And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle (הַח֜וֹחַ) that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
- 2 Chronicles 25:18 — And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle (הַחֽוֹחַ).
- 2 Chronicles 33:11 — Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns (בַּחֹחִ֑ים), and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
- Job 31:40 — Let thistles (ח֗וֹחַ) grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
- Job 41:2 — Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn (וּ֝בְח֗וֹחַ)?
- Proverbs 26:9 — As a thorn (ח֭וֹחַ) goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- Song of Songs 2:2 — As the lily among thorns (הַחוֹחִ֔ים), so is my love among the daughters.
- Isaiah 34:13 — And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles (וָח֖וֹחַ) in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
- Hosea 9:6 — For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns (ח֖וֹחַ) shall be in their tabernacles.