G5146: τρίβολος
tríbolos · “thistle”
Definition
properly, a crow-foot (three-pronged obstruction in war), i.e. (by analogy) a thorny plant (caltrop)
KJV translates it as: brier, thistle
Extended definition
τρίβολος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX: Gen.3:18, Hos.10:8 (דַּרְדַּר), 2Ki.12:31 (חָרִיץ), Pro.22:5 (צֵן)* ;]
a thistle: Mat.7:16, Heb.6:8.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Gen.3:18, Hos.10:8 (דַּרְדַּר), 2Ki.12:31 (חָרִיץ), Pro.22:5 (צֵן)* ;]
a thistle: Mat.7:16, Heb.6:8.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G5146 is translated
- thistles ×2
Bible verses with G5146 (tríbolos)
Tríbolos appears in 2 verses.
- Matthew 7:16
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
- Hebrews 6:8
But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.