Qots קוֹץ
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| קוֹץ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | qots |
| Strong's number | H6975 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | thorn |
| Occurrences | 12 in 12 verses |
| Most frequent in | Judges (2) |
Qots (Hebrew קוֹץ, Strong's H6975) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “thorn”. It occurs 12 times in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) thorn, thornbush
1a) thornbush
1b) thorn
1a) thornbush
1b) thorn
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | thorns (9), thorn (2), also (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | thorns (7), like thorns (2), both thorns (1), thornbushes (1), thorn (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Qots, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 3:18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
Exodus
- Exodus 22:6If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.If a fire breaks out and spreads to thornbushes so that it consumes stacked or standing grain, or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make full restitution.
Judges
- Judges 8:7And Gideon said, Therefore when the Lord hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.“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!”
- Judges 8:16And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 23:6But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand.
Psalms
- Psalm 118:12They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 32:13Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers— even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.
- Isaiah 33:12And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 4:3For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.
- Jeremiah 12:13They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the Lord.They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 28:24And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord God.For the people of Israel will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.’
Hosea
- Hosea 10:8The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.The high places of Aven will be destroyed— it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).