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Hook, Hooks: Various kinds of hooks are noticed in the Bible, of which the following are the most important:
1. Fishing hooks. Job 41:2; Isa 19:8 ; Habb 1:15
2. 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 -- Eze 19:4 where the Authorized Version has "with chains --camels and other animals. Called "thorn" in Job 41:2 A similar method was adopted for leading prisoners. 2Ch 33:11
3. The hooks of the pillars of the tabernacle. Ex 26:32,37; 27:10 ff.; Exod 38:13 ff.
4. A vinedressers pruning-hook. Isa 2:4; 18:5; Mic 4:3; Joe 3:10
5. A flesh-hook for getting up the joints of meat out of the boiling-pot. Ex 27:3; 1Sa 2:13,14
6. Probably "hooks" used for the purpose of hanging up animals to flay them. Eze 40:43
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