a thorn

Greek Noun Female

ἄκανθα, -ης, ἡ (ἀκή, a point), [in LXX chiefly for קוֹץ, also for סִיר, שַׁיִת, etc;] a prickly plant, thorn, brier; in NT always pl: Mat.7:16 13:7,22 27:29, Mrk.4:7,18, Luk.6:44 8:7,14, Jhn.19:2, Heb.6:8 (see MM, VGT, see word). (AS)

a thorn

Greek Noun Female

ἄκανθ-α [ᾰκ], ης, ἡ, (ἀκή A) thorn, prickle, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 1) any thorny or prickly plant (in [Refs 8th c.BC+] probably Eryngium campestre), [Refs 5th c.BC+] no thistles, i.e. 'an easy job', [Refs 5th c.BC+] —special kinds: ἄ. Ἀραβική smaller milk-thistle, Notobasis syriaca, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἄ. βασιλική fish-thistle, Cnicus Acarna, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἄ. Ἰνδική, = Balsamodendron Mukul, [Refs]; ἄ. λευκή Acacia albida, [Refs]; ={ἄ. βασιλική}, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἄ. λευκὴ τρίοζος, = Euphorbia antiquorum, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἄ. ἀκανώδης (probably) cornthistle, Carduus arvensis, [Refs] 2) of other plants, e.g. Spanish broom, Spartium junceum, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἄ. μέλαινα Acacia arabica, [LXX+5th c.BC+]; ἄ. διψάς, = Acacia tortilis, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 3) central flowering-bud of χαμαιλέων λευκός,[Refs 1st c.AD+] 4) ={ἄκανθος}, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+] 5) in plural, prickles or spines of the hedgehog and of certain fish, Ion Trag.38, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 6) backbone or spine of fish, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of serpents, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of men, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; improperly used of mammalia, accusative to [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the spinous processes of the vertebrae, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; χονδρώδεις ἄ. false ribs, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 7) metaphorically in plural, thorny questions, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

a thorn; thorn; probably from the same as g188 (ἀκμήν);