HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2336
חוֹחַ
cho.ach — thistle
1) thorn, brier, bramble, thornbush, thicket 2) hook, ring, fetter Also means: cha.vach (חָוָח "thicket" H2337)
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Bramble
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G942
βάτος
batos — thorn bush
βάτος, -ου, ὁ, ἡ, [in LXX (always masc, as in Attic): Exo.3:2-4, Deu.33:16 (סְנֶה), Job.31:40 (בָּאְשָׁה)* ;] a bramble-bush: Luk.6:44, Act.7:30, 35; ἐπὶ τοῦ (τῆς) β., in the place concerning the bush: Mrk.12:26, Luk.20:37.† (AS)
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(1.) Hebrew atad, Judg. 9:14; rendered “thorn,” Ps. 58:9. The LXX. and Vulgate render by rhamnus, a thorny shrub common in Palestine, resembling the hawthorn. (2.) Hebrew hoah, Isa. 34:13 (R.V. “thistles”); “thickets” in 1 Sam. 13:6; “thistles” in 2 Kings 14:9, 2 Chr. 25:18, Job 31:40; “thorns” in 2 Chr. 33:11, Cant. 2:2, Hos. 9:6. The word may be regarded as denoting the common thistle, of which there are many species which encumber the corn-fields of Palestine. (See THORNS.)
Scripture references
Judges 9:14Psalms 58:9Isaiah 34:131 Samuel 13:62 Kings 14:92 Kings 14:2Job 31:402 Chronicles 33:11Song of Solomon 2:2Hosea 9:6
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.