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(in the plur. ñִéøåֹú ãּåּâָä thorns [as often rendered] of fishing; Sept. at random ëÝâçôáé ἔìðõñïé Vulg. equally so olle ferventes, both taking the term in the sense of pots, contrary to the synonymous òðּåֹú , "hooks," of the other hemistich), used figuratively of an instrument of control (Amo_4:2), after the analogy of animals which were tamed by putting hooks and rings in their noses (comp. Isa_37:29; Eze_39:4; Job 40:26; see Oedmann, Sammnl. v,- 5).' Others, as Doderlein (in loc.), prefer to retain the simple meaning of thorns, as referring to pastoral customs. SEE FISHING.