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Brier

7Greek/Hebrew entries

3stored occurrences

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Greek G942 bátos

Original: βάτος

Meaning:
of uncertain derivation; a brier shrub:--bramble, bush.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: a brier shrub:--bramble, bush.

Hebrew H1303 barqân

Original: בַּרְקָן

Meaning:
from בָּרָק; a thorn (perhaps as burning brightly); brier.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: brier.

Hebrew H2312 chêdeq

Original: חֵדֶק

Meaning:
from an unused root meaning to sting; a prickly plant; brier, thorn.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: brier, thorn.

Hebrew H5544 çillôwn

Original: סִלּוֹן

Meaning:
or סַלּוֹן; from סָלָה; a prickle (as if pendulous); brier, thorn.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: brier, thorn.

Hebrew H5621 çârâb

Original: סָרָב

Meaning:
from an unused root meaning to sting; a thistle; brier.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: brier.

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Hebrew H5636 çarpâd

Original: סַרְפָּד

Meaning:
from סָרַף; a nettle (as stinging like a burn); brier.

Hebrew H8068 shâmîyr

Original: שָׁמִיר

Meaning:
from שָׁמַר in the original sense of pricking; a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond; adamant (stone), brier, diamond.

Verses containing this word showing 3 of 3

^{Isaiah 55:13} Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. Open

^{Ezekiel 28:24} And 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. Open

^{Micah 7:4} The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity. Open

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