Strong's #5146: tribolos (pronounced trib'-ol-os)

from 5140 and 956; properly, a crow-foot (three-pronged obstruction in war), i.e. (by analogy) a thorny plant (caltrop):--brier, thistle.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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tribolos

1) a thistle, a prickly wild plant, hurtful to other plants

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: from G5140 and G956

Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

 

Matthew 7:16: "or figs of thistles?"
Hebrews 6:8: "that which beareth thorns and briars is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing;"