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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Thistle
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G5146
τρίβολος
tribolos — thistle
τρίβολος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX: Gen.3:18, Hos.10:8 (דַּרְדַּר), 2Ki.12:31 (חָרִיץ), Pro.22:5 (צֵן)* ;] a thistle: Mat.7:16, Heb.6:8.† (AS)
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דַּרְדַּר
dar.dar — thistle
thistles, thorns
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קִמּוֹשׂ
qim.mosh — nettle
thistles or nettles, a thorny or useless plant Also means: qim.ma.shon (קִמָּשׂוֹן "thorn" H7063)
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קִמָּשׂוֹן
qim.ma.shon — thorn
thistles or nettles, a thorny or useless plant Another spelling of qim.mosh (קִמּוֹשׂ "nettle" H7057)
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חָוָח
cha.vach — thicket
rock, crevice (a hiding place) Another spelling of cho.ach (חוֹחַ "thistle" H2336)
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(1.) Heb. hoah (2 Kings 14:9; Job 31:40). In Job 41:2 the Hebrew word is rendered “thorn,” but in the Revised Version “hook.” It is also rendered “thorn” in 2 Chr. 33:11; Prov. 26:9; Cant. 2:2; “brambles” in Isa. 34:13. It is supposed to be a variety of the wild plum-tree, but by some it is regarded as the common thistle, of which there are many varieties in Palestine. (2.) Heb. dardar, meaning “a plant growing luxuriantly” (Gen. 3:18; Hos. 10:8); Gr. tribolos, “a triple point” (Matt. 7:16; Heb. 6:8, “brier,” R.V. “thistle”). This was probably the star-thistle, called by botanists Centaurea calcitropa, or “caltrops,” a weed common in corn-fields. (See THORNS.)
Scripture references
2 Kings 14:9Job 31:40Job 41:22 Chronicles 33:11Proverbs 26:9Song of Solomon 2:2Isaiah 34:13Genesis 3:18Hosea 10:8Matthew 7:16Hebrews 6:8
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.