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Lexicon :: Strong's G173 - akantha

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ἄκανθα
Transliteration
akantha (Key)
Pronunciation
ak'-an-thah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the same as ἀκμήν (G188)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἄκανθα ákantha, ak'-an-thah; probably from the same as G188; a thorn:—thorn.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's G173 in the following manner: thorns (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's G173 in the following manner: thorns (14x).
  1. thorn, bramble

  2. bush, brier, a thorny plant

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄκανθα ákantha, ak'-an-thah; probably from the same as G188; a thorn:—thorn.
STRONGS G173:
ἄκανθα, -ης, , (ἀκή a point [but see in ἀκμή)];
a. a thorn bramble-bush, brier: Matthew 7:16; Luke 6:44; Hebrews 6:8; εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας i. e. among the seeds of thorns, Matthew 13:22; Mark 4:7 [L margin: ἐπί], 18 [Tdf. ἐπί]; Luke 8:14 (Luke 8:7 ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἀκανθῶν); ἐπὶ τὰς ἀκ., i. e. upon ground in which seeds of thorns were lying hidden, Matthew 13:7.
b. a thorny plant: στέφανον ἐξ ἀκανθῶν, Matthew 27:29; John 19:2 — for bare thorns might have caused delirium or even death; what species of plant is referred to, is not clear. Some boldly read ἀκάνθων, from ἄκανθος, acanthus, bear's foot; but the meaning of ἄκανθα is somewhat comprehensive even in secular writings cf. the classical Greek Lexicons under the word.
[On the "Crown of thorns" see BB. DD. under the word, and for references McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
7:16; 13:7; 13:22; 27:29
Mark
4:7; 4:18
Luke
6:44; 8:7; 8:14
John
19:2
Hebrews
6:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G173 matches the Greek ἄκανθα (akantha),
which occurs 25 times in 25 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:18 -

“Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you;

And you will eat the [fn]plants of the field;

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:6 -

“If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes, so that stacked grain or the standing grain or the field itself is consumed, he who started the fire shall surely make restitution.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:7 - And Gideon said, “Thus, when Yahweh has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will [fn]thrash your [fn]bodies with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:16 - Then he took the elders of the city as well as thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he [fn]taught the men of Succoth a lesson.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:6 -

“But the vile men, every one of them will be thrust away like thorns,

Because they cannot be taken in hand;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:4 -

For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;

My [fn]vitality was drained away as with the heat of summer. [fn]Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9 -

Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns

He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the living and the burning alike.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:12 -

They surrounded me like bees;

They were extinguished as a fire of thorns;

In the name of Yahweh I will surely cut them off.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:19 -

The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns,

But the path of the upright is a highway.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:9 -

Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a drunkard,

So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 -

For as the crackling sound of thorn bushes under a pot,

So is the laughter of the fool;

And this too is vanity.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:2 -

[fn]Like a lily among the thorns,

So is my darling among the daughters.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:2 -

He dug it all around, removed its stones,

And planted it with [fn]the choicest vine.

And He built a tower in the middle of it

And also hewed out a [fn]wine vat in it;

Then He hoped for it to produce good grapes,

But it produced only [fn]worthless ones.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:4 -

“What more was there to do for My vineyard [fn]that I have not done in it?

Why, when I hoped for it to produce good grapes did it produce [fn]worthless ones?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 -

“I will lay it waste;

It will not be pruned or hoed,

But briars and thorns will come up.

I will also command the clouds to rain no rain on it.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:23 -

And it will be in that day, that every place where there used to be one thousand vines, valued at [fn]one thousand shekels of silver, will become briars and thorns.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:24 - People will come there with bows and arrows because all the land will be briars and thorns.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:25 - As for all the hills which used to be cultivated with the hoe, you will not go there for fear of briars and thorns; but they will become a place for [fn]pasturing oxen and for sheep to trample.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:13 -

For the land of my people in which thorns and briars shall come up,

Indeed, against all the joyful houses and the exultant city.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:12 -

“The peoples will be burned to lime,

Like cut thorns which are burned in the fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:3 -

For thus says Yahweh to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem,

[fn]Break up your fallow ground,

And do not sow among thorns.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:13 -

“They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns;

They have strained themselves [fn]to no profit.

But be ashamed of your produce

Because of the burning anger of Yahweh.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:24 -

“And there will be no more for the house of Israel a prickling brier or a painful thorn from any round about them who scorned them; then they will know that I am Lord Yahweh.”

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:6 -

For behold, they will go because of destruction;

Egypt will gather them up; Memphis will bury them.

Weeds will possess their desirable items of silver;

Thorns will be in their tents.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:8 -

Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be [fn]eradicated;

Thorn and thistle will grow on their altars;

Then they will say to the mountains,

“Cover us!” And to the hills, “Fall on us!”

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