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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, ἡ, (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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:18 - Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:6 - (LXX 22:5) And if fire have gone forth and caught thorns, and should also set on fire threshing-floors or ears of corn or a field, he that kindled the fire shall make compensation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:7 - And Gedeon said, Therefore when the Lord gives Zebee and Salmana into my hand, then will I [fn]tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and the Barkenim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:16 - And he took the elders of the city with the thorns of the wilderness and the Barkenim, and with them he tore the men of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:6 - All these are as a thorn thrust forth, for they shall not be taken with the hand,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:4 - (LXX 31:4) For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while a [fn]thorn was fastened in me. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9 - (LXX 57:10) Before your thorns feel the white thorn, he shall swallow you up as living, as in his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:12 - (LXX 117:12) They compassed me about as bees do a honeycomb, and they burst into flame as fire among thorns: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:19 - The ways of sluggards are strewn with thorns; but those of the diligent are made smooth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:9 - Thorns [fn]grow in the hand of a drunkard, and servitude in the hand of fools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 - As the sound of thorns under a caldron, so is the laughter of fools: this is also vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:2 - As a lily among thorns, so is my companion among the daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:2 - And I made a hedge round it, and dug a trench, and planted a choice vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and dug a place for the wine-vat in it: and I waited for it to bring forth grapes, and it brought forth thorns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:4 - What shall I do any more to my vineyard, that I have not done to it? Whereas I expected it to bring forth grapes, but it has brought forth thorns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - And I will forsake my vineyard; and it shall not be pruned, nor dug, and thorns shall come up upon it as on barren land; and I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:23 - And it shall come to pass in that day, for every place where there shall be a thousand vines at a thousand shekels, they shall become [fn]barren land and thorns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:24 - Men shall enter thither with arrow and bow; for all the land shall be barren ground and thorns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:25 - And every mountain shall be certainly ploughed: there shall no fear come thither: for there shall be from among the barren ground and thorns that whereon cattle shall feed and oxen shall tread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:13 - As for the land of my people, the thorn and grass shall come upon it, and joy shall be removed from every house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:12 - And the nations shall be burnt up; as a thorn in the field cast out and burnt up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:3 - For thus saith the Lord to the men of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Break up fresh ground for yourselves, and sow not among thorns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:13 - Sow wheat, and reap thorns; their portions shall not profit them: be ashamed of your boasting, because of reproach before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:24 - And there shall no more be in the house of Israel a thorn of bitterness and a pricking briar proceeding from them that are round about them, who dishonoured them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:6 - Therefore, behold, they go forth from the trouble of Egypt, and Memphis shall receive them, and Machmas shall bury them: as for their silver, destruction shall inherit it; thorns shall be in their tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:8 - And the altars of On, the sins of Israel, shall be taken away: thorns and thistles shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
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