Nettle
קִמּוֹשׂStrong’s H7057qimmosh (qim-mosh)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qimmosh is the Hebrew word usually translated “nettle”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.”
Meaning
- Thistles or nettles, a thorny or useless plant
How it's translated
- nettle 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 1
- Hosea 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Hebrew dictionary
קִמּוֹשׂ qimmosh · nettle
thistles or nettles, a thorny or useless plant Also means: qim.ma.shon (קִמָּשׂוֹן "thorn" H7063)
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.
All definitions and other forms of “nettle”
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.