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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Houghed

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: Yes
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

 

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Hough

To hamstring, i.e., sever the "tendon of Achilles" of the hinder legs of captured horses (Joshua 11:6; 2 Samuel 8:4; 1 Chronicles 18:4), so as to render them useless.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Hough

HOUGH, noun hok.

1. The lower part of the thigh; the ham; the joint of the hind leg of a beast that connects the thigh with the leg.

2. An adz; a hoe. [Not in use.]

HOUGH, verb transitive hok. To hamstring; to disable by cutting the sinews of the ham.

1. To cut with a hoe.


Naves Topical Index
Houghing

Of horses
Hocking