Thorn
σκόλοψStrong’s G4647skolops
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Skolops is the Greek word usually translated “thorn”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.”
Meaning
Usually translated “thorn”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a thorn 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Corinthians 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
σκόλοψ skolops · thorn
σκόλοψ, -οπος, ὁ [in LXX: Num.33:55 (שֵׂךְ), Hos.2:6 (8) (סִיר), Eze.28:24 (סִלּוֹן), Sir.43:19 * ;] anything pointed, esp. 1. in cl., a stake 2. In Hellenistic vernacular, a thorn (cf. LXX, ll. with): σ. τῇ σαρκί, 2Co.12:7 (cf. MM, i., xxiii; DB, iii, 700 f.; Deiss., St. Paul, 62 f.; Field, Notes, 187).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “thorn” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
THORN, noun
- A tree or shrub armed with spines or sharp ligneous shoots; as the black thorn; white thorn etc.
- A sharp ligneous or woody shoot from the stem of a tree or shrub; a sharp process from the woody part of a plant; a spine. thorn differs from prickle; the latter being applied to the sharp points issuing from the bark of a plant and not attached to the wood, as in the rose and bramble.
- Any thing troublesome. 2 Corinthians 12:7Numbers 33:55
- In Scripture, great difficulties and impediments.
All definitions and other forms of “thorn”
- Worldly cares; things which prevent the growth of good principles. Matthew 13:7
THORN'-APPLE, noun
[thorn and apple.]
A plant of the genus Datura; a popular name of the Datura Stramonium, or apple of Peru.
THORN'-BACK, noun
[thorn and back.]
A fish of the ray kind, which has prickles on its back.
THORN'-BUSH, noun
A shrub that produces thorns.
THORN'-BUT, noun
A fish, a but or turbot.
THORN'-HEDGE, noun
[thorn and hedge.]
A hedge or fence consisting of thorn
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.