Reference: Hough
American
(Pronounced hock,) to hamstring, or cut the cords of the hind legs. The horse taken by David from the Syrians were thus disabled, Jos 11:6,9; 2Sa 8:4.
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Easton
to hamstring, i.e., sever the "tendon of Achilles" of the hinder legs of captured horses (Jos 11:6; 2Sa 8:4; 1Ch 18:4), so as to render them useless.
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Hastings
The hough (modern spelling 'hock') of a quadruped is the joint between the knee and the fetlock in the hind leg; in man the back of the knee joint, called the ham. To 'hough' is to cut the tendon of the hough, to hamstring. The subst. occurs in 2Es 15:36 'the camel's hough' (Authorized Version margin 'pastern or litter'). The verb is found in Jos 11:6,9; 2Sa 8:4; 1Ch 18:4 always of houghing horses. Tindale translates Ge 49:6 'In their selfe-will they houghed an oxe,' which is retained in Authorized Version margin, and inserted into the text of RV in place of 'they digged down a wall.'