Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
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ORIGINAL WORD · STRONG’S
Open Bibleτρίβολος
G5146 · tríbolos · trib'-ol-os · Greek
Strong’s definition
properly, a crow-foot (three-pronged obstruction in war), i.e. (by analogy) a thorny plant (caltrop)
KJV usage
:--brier, thistle.
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KJV renderings in this mapping
thistles 1briers 1
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Mapped occurrences
Matthew 7:16Mapped KJV word: thistles
Hebrews 6:8Mapped KJV word: briers
But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.