Greek · Strong's G4647 · Noun (masculine)
σκόλοψ
skolops
thorn
1times used
1verses
1books
How it's translated
- a thorn1
Definition
σκόλοψ, -οπος, ὁ
[in LXX: Num.33:55 (שֵׂךְ), Hos.2:6 (8) (סִיר), Eze.28:24 (סִלּוֹן), Sir.43:19 * ;]
anything pointed, esp.
1. in cl., a stake
2. In Hellenistic vernacular, a thorn (cf. LXX, ll. with): σ. τῇ σαρκί, 2Co.12:7 (cf. MM, i., xxiii; DB, iii, 700 f.; Deiss., St. Paul, 62 f.; Field, Notes, 187).†
(AS)
Where it appears
- 2 Corinthians1
Every verse
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