Topic
Thistle
12 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 3:18Easton · Nave A noxious plant
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
- 2 Kings 14:9Easton · Nave Parables of
And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down…
- Job 31:40Easton · Nave A noxious plant
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
- Hosea 10:8Easton · Nave A noxious plant
The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
- Matthew 7:16Easton · Nave Parables of
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
- 2 Chronicles 25:18Nave Parables of
And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the…
- 2 Chronicles 33:11Easton
¶ Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
- Job 41:2Easton
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
- Proverbs 26:9Easton
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- Song of Songs 2:2Easton
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
- Isaiah 34:13Easton
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.
- Hebrews 6:8Easton
But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 11 references
(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.)
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.