cord, fillet, line, thread
Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(string). Variously made and used (Isa. 19:9); scourge (John 2:15); ship-ropes (Acts 27:32).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
Ornamental bands or borders of gold and silver round the pillars of the Tabernacle and Temple (Ex. 27:10-11; Ex. 36:38; Ex. 38:10, 19; Jer. 52:21).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
from an unused root probably meaning to sew; a string; by implication, a measuring tape
KJV Usage:
cord, fillet, line, thread
From Manners and Customs of the Bible:
Job 41:2. Canst thou put a hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
1. Agmon, “hook,” is more correctly a rush-cord or rope made of reeds, (Gesenius;) and the question of the text suggests the wonderful strength of the leviathan by the impossibility of putting a rope around his nose, thus binding his jaws.
2. Choach, “thorn,” is really a ring; and the text probably refers to a custom, very ancient and still practiced, of inserting a strong iron ring into the jaw of a fish as soon as caught. A cord is fastened to the ring and the fish is let down into the water, where it remains until the fisherman has an opportunity of selling it.