Judges 8:7
And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
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Briers
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Hebrews 6:8
But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
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8 occurrences in 8 verses.
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שָׁמִיר
shâmîyr · shaw-meer'
8 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond
Strong's KJV usage: adamant (stone), brier, diamond.
Strong's first: Isaiah 5:6Strong's last: Isaiah 32:13
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barqân · bar-kwan'
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a thorn (perhaps as burning brightly)
Strong's KJV usage: brier.
Strong's first: Judges 8:7Strong's last: Judges 8:16
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tríbolos · trib'-ol-os
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a crow-foot (three-pronged obstruction in war), i.e. (by analogy) a thorny plant (caltrop)
Strong's KJV usage: :--brier, thistle.
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Strong's first: Hebrews 6:8Strong's last: Hebrews 6:8
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çârâb · saw-rawb'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a thistle
Strong's KJV usage: brier.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 2:6Strong's last: Ezekiel 2:6
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But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
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brier
BRI'ER, noun
1. In a general sense, a prickly plant or shrub. Is.v.6. Judges 8:7.
2. In a limited sense, the sweet-brier and the wild-brier, species of the rose.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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