5 occurrences

'Hooks' in the Bible

And nations heard about him; in their pit he was caught, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsPitsTrapDealing With The Nations

And they put him in a collar with hooks, and they brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into a prison, so that his voice [would] not be heard {any longer} on the mountains of Israel.

Verse ConceptsPrisonersCagesMan Trapping

And so I will put hooks in your jawbones, and I will make the fish of your Nile streams stick to your scales, and I will bring you up from the midst of your Nile streams, and all of the fish of your Nile streams [which] cling to your scales.

Verse ConceptsThings Stuck TogetherGod Lifting People

and I will turn you around, and I will place hooks in your cheeks, and I will bring you out and all of your horses and horsemen {fully armed}, all of them, great crowd, holding shield, and small shield, [and] holding swords, all of them.

Verse ConceptsHorsesCoercionCausing People To TurnOther References To MouthsEzekiel Invasion

And [there were] double-pronged hooks, one handbreadth [in width], put in place in the house all around, and on the tables [was] the flesh of the offering.

Verse ConceptsCorpses Of AnimalsDimensions Of Other Things

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