Thorn
קוֹץStrong’s H6975qots
Appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qots is the Hebrew word usually translated “thornbushes”, “thorns of” and “thorns”. It appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;”
Meaning
- Thorn, thornbushthornbush · thorn
How it's translated
- thornbushes 2
- thorns of 2
- thorns 2
- and thorn 1
- like thorn 1
- thornbush 1
- and thorns 1
- and a thorn 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 2
- Isaiah 2
- Jeremiah 2
- Genesis 1
- Exodus 1
- 2 Samuel 1
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 22:6If 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.
- Judges 8:7And 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.
- Judges 8:16And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
- 2 Samuel 23:6But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
- Psalms 118:12They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
- Isaiah 32:13Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
Hebrew dictionary
קוֹץ qots · thorn
1) thorn, thornbush 1a) thornbush 1b) thorn
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.