קוֹץ
qots
“thorn”
Definition
a thorn
or קֹץ; from H6972 (קוּץ) (in the sense of pricking);
- thorn, thornbush 1a) thornbush 1b) thorn
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
קוֹץ appears 11 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside,for they can never be gathered by hand.
Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you,and you will eat the plants of the field.
and for the land of my people,overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merrimentin this city of revelry.
“Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”
They have sown wheat but harvested thorns.They have exhausted themselves to no avail.Bear the shame of your harvestbecause of the fierce anger of the LORD.”
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.