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Lexicon :: Strong's H6975 - qôṣ

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קוֹץ
Transliteration
qôṣ
Pronunciation
kotse
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From קוּץ (H6972) (in the sense of pricking)
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TWOT Reference: 2003a

Strong’s Definitions

קוֹץ qôwts, kotse; or קֹץ qôts; from H6972 (in the sense of pricking); a thorn:—thorn.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H6975 in the following manner: thorn (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H6975 in the following manner: thorn (12x).

  1. thorn, thornbush

    1. thornbush

    2. thorn

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קוֹץ qôwts, kotse; or קֹץ qôts; from H6972 (in the sense of pricking); a thorn:—thorn.
STRONGS H6975: Abbreviations
† I. קוֺץ noun masculineEzekiel 28:24 thornbush, thorn; — absolute ק׳ Genesis 3:18 +; plural קֹצִים Exodus 22:5 +, קוֺצִים Isaiah 33:12 +; construct קוֺצֵי Judges 8:7, 16; —
1. thornbush, + דַּרְדַּר (which see) Genesis 3:18 (J), Hosea 10:8; + שָׁמִיד Isaiah 32:13; + בַּרְקָנִים (which see), הַמִדְבָּר ק׳ Judges 8:7, 16; ק׳ alone Exodus 22:5 (E); בְּאֵשׁ קוֺצִים Psalm 118:12 (simile of foes); in various figurative, Isaiah 33:12; Jeremiah 4:3; Jeremiah 12:13.
2. thorn, fig, Ezekiel 28:24 (with מַכְאִב, see כאב; || סִלּוֺן; which see); simile מֻנָד כְּק׳ 2 Samuel 23:6 (PerlesAnal. 53 conjecture מֹץ, but see also נוד Hoph.).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:18; 3:18

Exodus

22:5; 22:5

Judges

8:7; 8:7; 8:16; 8:16

2 Samuel

23:6

Psalms

118:12

Isaiah

32:13; 33:12; 33:12

Jeremiah

4:3; 12:13

Ezekiel

28:24; 28:24

Hosea

10:8

H6975

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6975 matches the Hebrew קוֹץ (qôṣ),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:18 - thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
and you shall eat the plants of the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:6 - “If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he who started the fire shall make full restitution.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:7 - So Gideon said, “Well then, when the LORD has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will flail your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:16 - And he took the elders of the city, and he took thorns of the wilderness and briers and with them taught the men of Succoth a lesson.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:6 - But worthless men[fn] are all like thorns that are thrown away,
for they cannot be taken with the hand;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:12 - They surrounded me like bees;
they went out like a fire among thorns;
in the name of the LORD I cut them off!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:13 - for the soil of my people
growing up in thorns and briers,
yes, for all the joyous houses
in the exultant city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:12 - And the peoples will be as if burned to lime,
like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:3 - For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:
“Break up your fallow ground,
and sow not among thorns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:13 - They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns;
they have tired themselves out but profit nothing.
They shall be ashamed of their[fn] harvests
because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:24 - “And for the house of Israel there shall be no more a brier to prick or a thorn to hurt them among all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:8 - The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel,
shall be destroyed.
Thorn and thistle shall grow up
on their altars,
and they shall say to the mountains, “Cover us,”
and to the hills, “Fall on us.”
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