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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Thorns

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

50exact KJV occurrences 34Old Testament 16New Testament 22books containing the word 13mapped Strong's IDs 48occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 3:18

Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

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LAST OCCURRENCE

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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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where Thorns appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 11 verses Exodus 11 verses Numbers 11 verses Joshua 11 verses Judges 33 verses 2 Samuel 11 verses 2 Chronicles 11 verses Job 11 verses Psalms 22 verses Proverbs 33 verses Ecclesiastes 11 verses Song of Solomon 11 verses Isaiah 1111 verses Jeremiah 22 verses Ezekiel 11 verses Hosea 22 verses Nahum 11 verses Matthew 54 verses Mark 43 verses Luke 43 verses John 22 verses Hebrews 11 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH7898
שַׁיִת

shayith · shah'-yith

7 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

scrub or trash, i.e. wild growth of weeds or briers (as if put on the field)

Strong's KJV usage: thorns.

Strong's first: Isaiah 5:6Strong's last: Isaiah 27:4

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GreekG174
ἀκάνθινος

akánthinos · ak-an'-thee-nos

2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

thorny

Strong's KJV usage: :--of thorns.

Strong's first: Mark 15:17Strong's last: John 19:5

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HebrewH6791
צֵן

tsên · tsane

2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a thorn; hence, a cactus-hedge

Strong's KJV usage: thorn.

Strong's first: Job 5:5Strong's last: Proverbs 22:5

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HebrewH5285
נַעֲצוּץ

naʻătsûwts · nah-ats-oots'

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

probably a brier; by implication, a thicket of thorny bushes

Strong's KJV usage: thorn.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Isaiah 7:19Strong's last: Isaiah 7:19

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HebrewH5544
סִלּוֹן

çillôwn · sil-lone'

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a prickle (as if pendulous)

Strong's KJV usage: brier, thorn.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Ezekiel 2:6Strong's last: Ezekiel 2:6

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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50 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Isaiah 32:13
H6975

Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

Isaiah 33:12
H6975

And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.

Isaiah 34:13
H5518

And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.

Jeremiah 4:3
H6975

For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

Jeremiah 12:13
H6975

They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

Ezekiel 2:6
H5544

And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

Hosea 2:6
H5518

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

Hosea 9:6
H2336

For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.

Nahum 1:10
H5518

For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

Matthew 7:16
G173

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Matthew 13:7
G173

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

Matthew 13:7
G173

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

Matthew 13:22
G173

He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

Matthew 27:29
G173

And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

Mark 4:7
G173

And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

Mark 4:7
G173

And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

Mark 4:18
G173

And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,

Mark 15:17
G174

And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,

Luke 6:44
G173

For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.

Luke 8:7
G173

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

Luke 8:7
G173

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

Luke 8:14
G173

And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

John 19:2
G173

And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,

John 19:5
G174

Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!

Hebrews 6:8
G173

But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

thorn

THORN, noun

1. A tree or shrub armed with spines or sharp ligneous shoots; as the black thorn; white thorn etc. The word is sometimes applied to a bush with prickles; as a rose on a thorn

2. A sharp ligneous or woody shoot from the stem of a tree or shrub; a sharp process from the woody part of a plant; a spine. thorn differs from prickle; the latter being applied to the sharp points issuing from the bark of a plant and not attached to the wood, as in the rose and bramble. But in common usage, thorn is applied to the prickle of the rose, and in fact the two words are used promiscuously.

3. Any thing troublesome. St. Paul had a thorn in the flesh. 2 Corinthians 12:7. Numbers 33:55.

4. In Scripture, great difficulties and impediments.

I will hedge up thy way with thorns. Hosea 2.

5. Worldly cares; things which prevent the growth of good principles. Matthew 13:7.

THORN'-APPLE, noun [thorn and apple.] A plant of the genus Datura; a popular name of the Datura Stramonium, or apple of Peru.

THORN'-BACK, noun [thorn and back.] A fish of the ray kind, which has prickles on its back.

THORN'-BUSH, noun A shrub that produces thorns.

THORN'-BUT, noun A fish, a but or turbot.

THORN'-HEDGE, noun [thorn and hedge.] A hedge or fence consisting of thorn

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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