Dict: smith - HOOK, HOOKS

HOOK, HOOKS - H>@ - Various kinds of hooks are noticed in the Bible, of which the following are the most important: Fishing hooks. kjv@Job:41:2; kjv@Isaiah:19:8); Habb 1:15 A ring, such as in our country is placed through the nose of a bull, and similarly used in the East for leading about lions
kjv@Ezekiel:19:4) where the Authorized Version has "with chains
camels and other animals. Called "thorn" in kjv@Job:41:2) A similar method was adopted for leading prisoners. ( kjv@2Chronicles:33:11) The hooks of the pillars of the tabernacle. kjv@Exodus:26:32-37 kjv@Exodus:27:10) ff.; Exod 38:13 ff. A vinedressers pruning-hook. kjv@Isaiah:2:4 kjv@Isaiah:18:5; kjv@Micah:4:3; kjv@Joel:3:10) A flesh-hook for getting up the joints of meat out of the boiling-pot. kjv@Exodus:27:3; kjv@1Samuel:2:13-14) Probably "hooks" used for the purpose of hanging up animals to flay them. kjv@Ezekiel:40:43)