Nettle
סִרְפָּדStrong’s H5636sarpad (sar-pad)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Sarpad is the Hebrew word usually translated “nettle”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”
Meaning
- An unidentified desert plantmeaning doubtful; perhaps brier, nettle
How it's translated
- the nettle 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
סִרְפָּד sarpad · nettle
1) an unidentified desert plant 1a) meaning doubtful; perhaps brier, nettle
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “nettle” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NETTLE, noun
A plant of the genus Urtica, whose prickles fret the skin and occasion very painful sensations.
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NETTLE, verb transitive
To fret or sting; to irritate or vex; to excite sensations of displeasure or uneasiness, not amounting to wrath or violent anger.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.