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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 also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:6 - If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:7 - And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear 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 thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:6 - But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:4 - For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9 - Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:12 - They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:19 - The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:9 - As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable 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 fool: this also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:2 - And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:4 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: 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 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:24 - With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:25 - And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:13 - Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:12 - And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:3 - For thus saith 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, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:24 - And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:6 - For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:8 - The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle 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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