Chakkâh — H2443

Definition

feminine noun

a hook (as adhering)

1. hook, angle, hook fastened in jaw, fish hook

Usually translated as

angle, hook

Origin

probably from H2442

• Châkâh (H2442)

Occurrences

Chakkâh occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (1), Isaiah (1), Habakkuk (1)

• Job 41:1 — Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook (בְּחַכָּ֑ה)? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
• Isaiah 19:8 — The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle (חַכָּ֑ה) into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
• Habakkuk 1:15 — They take up all of them with the angle (בְּחַכָּ֣ה), they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.