Harpoon

Point of a harpoon used for fishing (Bronze or Copper alloy, Egypt, ca. 1550–1070 BCE)
Point of a harpoon used for fishing (Bronze or Copper alloy, Egypt, ca. 1550–1070 BCE) (Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public domain) Fishing spear, harpoon

About Harpoon

The fishing spear/harpoon was a wooden rod about the length of a man. To one end of the spear was attached a metal or bone point with barbs. It is likely that a rope was attached to the other end, so that the spear could be pulled back to the thrower.

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All Scripture References (12)

2 Kings (1)
2 Kings 19:28

Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’

2 Chronicles (1)
2 Chronicles 33:11

So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

Job (3)
Isaiah (2)
Isaiah 19:8

Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.

Isaiah 37:29

Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’

Ezekiel (4)
Ezekiel 19:4

When the nations heard of him, he was trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 19:9

With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.

Ezekiel 29:4

But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.

Ezekiel 38:4

I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with all your army—your horses, your horsemen in full armor, and a great company armed with shields and bucklers, all brandishing their swords.

Habakkuk (1)
Habakkuk 1:15

The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.