Strong's Concordance akantha: a prickly plant, thorn Original Word: ἄκανθα, ης, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: akantha Phonetic Spelling: (ak'-an-thah) Short Definition: a thorn-bush Definition: a thorn-bush, prickly plant; a thorn. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 173: ἄκανθαἄκανθα, (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 τάς 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); ἐπί τάς ἀκάνθας, 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 ἀκανθῶν, 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 Probably from the same as akmen; a thorn -- thorn. see GREEK akmen Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 17314 Occurrences ἄκανθαι — 3 Occ. ἀκάνθας — 6 Occ. ἀκανθῶν — 5 Occ. Matthew 7:16 N-GFP GRK: συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὰς ἢ NAS: are not gathered from thorn [bushes] nor KJV: grapes of thorns, or figs INT: Do they gather from thorns grapes or Matthew 13:7 N-AFP Matthew 13:7 N-NFP Matthew 13:22 N-AFP Matthew 27:29 N-GFP Mark 4:7 N-AFP Mark 4:7 N-NFP Mark 4:18 N-AFP Luke 6:44 N-GFP Luke 8:7 N-GFP Luke 8:7 N-NFP Luke 8:14 N-AFP John 19:2 N-GFP Hebrews 6:8 N-AFP |
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