Strong's #173: akantha (pronounced ak'-an-thah)

probably from the same as 188; a thorn:--thorn.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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akantha

1) thorn, bramble

2) bush, brier, a thorny plant

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: probably from the same as G188

Usage:

This word is used 14 times:

 

Matthew 7:16: "gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?"
Matthew 13:7: "some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up,"
Matthew 13:7: "thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:"
Matthew 13:22: "He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth"
Matthew 27:29: "when they had plaited a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head,"
Mark 4:7: "some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up,"
Mark 4:7: "thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it,"
Mark 4:18: "are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,"
Luke 6:44: "fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor"
Luke 8:7: "some fell among thorns; and the thorns"
Luke 8:7: "among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it."
Luke 8:14: "And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and"
John 19:2: "plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and"
Hebrews 6:8: "But that which beareth thorns and briars is rejected, and is nigh unto"