GreekG5146Noun (Masculine)
τρίβολος
tribolos
“thistle”
2Occurrences
G5146Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
properly, a crow-foot (three-pronged obstruction in war), i.e. (by analogy) a thorny plant (caltrop)
from G5140 (τρεῖς) and G956 (βέλος);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a thistle.
LXX: (דַּרְדַּר), (חָרִיץ), (צֵן)*
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
G:N-M
Full Description
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
τρίβολος appears 2 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Hebrews
1
Matthew
1
Key Passages
Hebrews 6:8BSB
But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.
Matthew 7:16BSB
By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.