cord, fillet, line, thread

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(string). Variously made and used (Isa. 19:9⁹Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded. (Isaiah 19:9)); scourge (John 2:15¹⁵And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; (John 2:15)); ship-ropes (Acts 27:32³²Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off. (Acts 27:32)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Ornamental bands or borders of gold and silver round the pillars of the Tabernacle and Temple (Ex. 27:10-11¹⁰And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. ¹¹And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. (Exodus 27:10‑11); Ex. 36:38³⁸And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass. (Exodus 36:38); Ex. 38:10, 19¹⁰Their pillars were twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. (Exodus 38:10)
¹⁹And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver. (Exodus 38:19); Jer. 52:21²¹And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. (Jeremiah 52:21)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

2339 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

chuwt

Phonic:

khoot

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 41:2²Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? (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.