Hough
HOUGH
(Pronounced hock,) to hamstring, or cut the cords of the hind legs. The horse taken by David from the Syrians were thus disabled, Jos 11:6,9 ; 2Sa 8:4 .
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Hough
(, akker’, Piel of , to extirpatee), a method employed by the ancient Israelites to render useless the captured horses of an enemy (Jos 11:6; comp. Gen 49:6), as they were not allowed or able to use that animal (so also 2Sa 8:4; 1Ch 18:4). It consisted in hamstringing, i.e. severing the tendon Achilles of the hinder legs (Sept. ; compare akar; Syr. the same, Barhebr. p. 220). The practice is still common in Arab warfare (Rosenmller, Instituturis Moham. circa bellum, 17). SEE HORSE.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Hough
to hamstring, i.e., sever the “tendon of Achilles” of the hinder legs of captured horses (Josh. 11:6; 2 Sam. 8:4; 1 Chr. 18:4), so as to render them useless.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Hough
HOUGH.The hough (modern spelling hock) of a quadruped is the joint between the knee and the fetlock in the hind leg; in man the back of the knee joint, called the ham. To hough is to cut the tendon of the hough, to hamstring. The subst. occurs in 2Es 15:36 the camels hough (AVm [Note: Authorized Version margin.] pastern or litter). The verb is found in Jos 11:6; Jos 11:9, 2Sa 8:4, 1Ch 18:4 always of houghing horses. Tindale translates Gen 49:6 In their selfe-will they houghed an oxe, which is retained in AVm [Note: Authorized Version margin.] , and inserted into the text of RV [Note: Revised Version.] in place of they digged down a wall.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Hough
hok. See HOCK.