Hook
Human-made Things in the Bible
The fishhook was a small, curved piece of metal or bone or even a strong thorn (in fact, the Hebrew word sir in means “thorn”). One end of the hook was sharply pointed, usually with a barb just behind the point. The other end had a loop or bend to which a fishing line could be attached.
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How it was used
Some kind of bait was attached to the fishing hook to attract a fish, and the hook, which was attached to a string, was thrown or lowered into the water. When a fish swallowed the bait, it got stuck on the hook.
In the Bible
The Hebrew and Greek words for it, and every verse where each is used
סִירָה, דּוּגָה sir dugah · 1 verse
צֵן tsinah · 1 verse
ἄγκιστρον agkistron · 1 verse
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Sources
Plants and Trees in the Bible, Animals in the Bible and Human-made Things in the Bible © United Bible Societies, 2025 (adapted from Each According to its Kind: Plants and Trees in the Bible by Robert Koops, All Creatures Great and Small: Living Things in the Bible by Edward R. Hope, and The Works of Their Hands: Man-made Things in the Bible by Ray Pritz), CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted for eRhema