Words the Bible translates as thorns
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- akanthaἄκανθαa thorn plant: any prickly weed, thistle, or bramble, not one named species
- qotsקוֹץa thorn plant: any low, spiny weed of the sort that pierces bare skin and takes over unworked ground, named generally rather than by species
- shamirשָׁמִירa thorny weed or brier: the wild, prickly scrub that overruns neglected ground
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- adamant: the hardest known stone, used for cutting and engraving and as an image of unbending hardness
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