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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 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 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:4 - For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up[fn] as by the heat of summer. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9 - Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns,
whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away![fn]

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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 Pro 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:19 - The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns,
but the path of the upright is a level highway.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:9 - Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard
is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 - For as the crackling of thorns under a pot,
so is the laughter of the fools;
this also is vanity.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:2 - He
As a lily among brambles,
so is my love among the young women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:2 - He dug it and cleared it of stones,
and planted it with choice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and he looked for it to yield grapes,
but it yielded wild grapes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:4 - What more was there to do for my vineyard,
that I have not done in it?
When I looked for it to yield grapes,
why did it yield wild grapes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - I will make it a waste;
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
and briers and thorns shall grow up;
I will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:23 - In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels[fn] of silver, will become briers and thorns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:24 - With bow and arrows a man will come there, for all the land will be briers and thorns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:25 - And as for all the hills that used to be hoed with a hoe, you will not come there for fear of briers and thorns, but they will become a place where cattle are let loose and where sheep tread.

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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 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:6 - For behold, they are going away from destruction;
but Egypt shall gather them;
Memphis shall bury them.
Nettles shall possess their precious things of silver;
thorns shall be in their tents.

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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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