Strong's Concordance akantha: a prickly plant, thorn Original Word: ἄκανθα, ης, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: akantha Phonetic Spelling: (ak'-an-thah) Short Definition: a thorn-bush Definition: a thorn-bush, prickly plant; a thorn. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 173: ἄκανθαἄκανθα, (ης, ἡ (ἀκή a point (but see in ἀκμή)); a. a thorn bramble-bush, brier: Matthew 7:16; Luke 6:44; Hebrews 6:8; εἰς τάς ἀκάνθας i. e. among the seeds of thorns, Matthew 13:22; Mark 4:7 (L margin: ἐπί), 18 (Tdf. ἐπί); Luke 8:14 (Luke 8:7 ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἀκανθῶν); ἐπί τάς ἀκάνθας, i. e. upon ground in which seeds of thorns were lying hidden, Matthew 13:7. b. a thorny plant: στέφανον ἐξ ἀκανθῶν, Matthew 27:29; John 19:2 — for bare thorns might have caused delirium or even death; what species of plant is referred to, is not clear. Some boldly read ἀκανθῶν, from ἄκανθος, acanthus, bear's foot; but the meaning of ἄκανθα is somewhat comprehensive even in secular writings cf. the classical Greek Lexicons under the word (On the Strong's Exhaustive Concordance thorn. Probably from the same as akmen; a thorn -- thorn. see GREEK akmen Forms and Transliterations άκανθα ακανθαι άκανθαι ἄκανθαι ακάνθαις άκανθαν ακανθας ακάνθας ἀκάνθας ακάνθης ακανθων ακανθών ἀκανθῶν akanthai ákanthai akanthas akánthas akanthon akanthôn akanthōn akanthō̂nLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 17314 Occurrences ἄκανθαι — 3 Occ. ἀκάνθας — 6 Occ. ἀκανθῶν — 5 Occ. Matthew 7:16 N-GFP GRK: συλλέγουσιν ἀπὸ ἀκανθῶν σταφυλὰς ἢ NAS: are not gathered from thorn [bushes] nor KJV: grapes of thorns, or figs INT: Do they gather from thorns grapes or Matthew 13:7 N-AFP Matthew 13:7 N-NFP Matthew 13:22 N-AFP Matthew 27:29 N-GFP Mark 4:7 N-AFP Mark 4:7 N-NFP Mark 4:18 N-AFP Luke 6:44 N-GFP Luke 8:7 N-GFP Luke 8:7 N-NFP Luke 8:14 N-AFP John 19:2 N-GFP Hebrews 6:8 N-AFP |