The Definition of the word Hook

Hook

(1.) Heb. hah, a ring" inserted in the nostrils of animals to" which a cord was fastened for the purpose of restraining them (2 "Kings 19:28; Isa. 37:28, 29; Ezek. 29:4; 38:4). "The Orientals" make use of this contrivance for curbing their work-beasts...When a beast becomes unruly they have only to draw "the cord on one side, which, by stopping his breath, punishes" him so effectually that after a few repetitions he fails not to "become quite tractable whenever he begins to feel it" (Michaelis). So God's agents are never beyond his control. "(2.) Hakkah, a fish "hook" (Job 41:2, Heb. Text, 40:25; Isa. 19:8; Hab. 1:15). "(3.) Vav, a "peg" on which the curtains of the tabernacle were hung (Ex. 26:32). "(4.) Tsinnah, a fish-hooks (Amos 4:2). "(5.) Mazleg, flesh-hooks (1 Sam. 2:13, 14), a kind of fork with "three teeth for turning the sacrifices on the fire, etc." "(6.) Mazmeroth, pruning-hooks (Isa. 2:4; Joel 3:10). "(7.) `Agmon (Job 41:2, Heb. Text 40:26), incorrectly rendered in the Authorized Version. Properly a rush-rope for binding "animals, as in Revised Version margin."