4 occurrences

'Hooks' in the Bible

And the nations had news of him; he was taken in the hole they had made: and, pulling him with hooks, they took him into the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsPitsTrapDealing With The Nations

They made him a prisoner with hooks, and took him to the king of Babylon; they put him in the strong place so that his voice might be sounding no longer on the mountains of Israel.

Verse ConceptsPrisonersCagesMan Trapping

And I will put hooks in your mouth, and the fish of your streams will be hanging from your skin; and I will make you come up out of your streams, with all the fish of your streams hanging from your skin.

Verse ConceptsThings Stuck TogetherGod Lifting People

And turning you round, I will put hooks in your mouth and make you come out with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them in full war-dress, a great force with breastplate and body-cover, all of them armed with swords:

Verse ConceptsHorsesCoercionCausing People To TurnOther References To MouthsEzekiel Invasion

Related Words

Bible Theasaurus

Overcharge (1 instance)
Pilfer (1 instance)
Pinch (3 instances)
Pluck (42 instances)
Snare (77 instances)
Sneak (1 instance)
Solicit (4 instances)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain