ΣΚΌΛΟΨ: σκόλοψ, -οπος, ὁ [ [in LXX: Nu 33:55 (שֵׂךְ), Ho 2:6 (8) (סִיר), Ez 28:24 (סִלּוֹן), Si 43:19 * ;] ] anything pointed, esp.
1. . in cl., a stake 2. . In Hellenistic vernacular, a thorn (cf. LXX, ll. c.): σ. τῇ σαρκί, II Co 12:7 (cf. MM, i., xxiii; DB, iii, 700 f.; Deiss., St. Paul, 62 f.; Field, Notes, 187).†