1. thorn, thorn-bush — Thorns or thorn-bushes, used both literally and figuratively throughout the Hebrew Bible. In the primeval curse (Gen 3:18 'thorns and thistles'), in agricultural/legal contexts (Exod 22:6 thorns catching fire), as instruments of punishment (Judg 8:7, 16 thorns of the wilderness), as metaphors for worthless or wicked people (2 Sam 23:6; Ps 118:12; Isa 33:12), for desolation and judgment (Isa 32:13; Jer 4:3; 12:13; Ezek 28:24), and as a pricking brier. All number and construct forms (singular qots, plural qotsim, construct qotse) refer to the same botanical concept. Glossed as 'thorn/thorns' (eng), 'شوك' (arb), 'Dornen' (deu), '가시' (kor), 'espino' (spa), 'काँटा/काँटे' (hin). 12×
AR["أَشواكاً","أَشْوَاك","الشَّوك","شَوكٌ","شَوْكٌ","شَوْكٍ","كَ-الشَّوْكِ","وَ-شَوْكًا","وَشَوْكًا","وَعُلَّيْقٌ"]·ben["-কাঁটার-আগুনের-মত","আর-কণ্টক","আর-কাঁটা","ও-কাঁটা","কাঁটা","কাঁটাগুলি","কাঁটাগুলিকে","কাঁটাগুলির","কাঁটার-মতো"]·DE["Dornen","Dornen-von","[וקוץ]","[וקצים]","[קוץ]","[קוצים]","thorns","und-Dornen","wie-thorn"]·EN["And-thorn","and-thorn","but-thorns","like-thorn","like-thorns","thorn","thorns","thorns-of"]·FR["Et-épine","[וקצים]","[קוץ]","[קוצים]","comme-thorn","et-épine","thorns-de","épine","épines"]·heb["ו-קוץ","ו-קוצים","כ-קוץ","קוץ","קוצי","קוצים"]·HI["और-कांटा","और-कांटे","और-झाड़ी","काँटा","काँटे","काँटों","काँटों-की","काँटोंसे","कांटे-जैसे","कांटों"]·ID["Dan-semak-duri","dan-semak-duri","duri","duri-duri","semak-duri","semak-semak duri","seperti-duri","tetapi-duri"]·IT["And-spina","[וקוץ]","[וקצים]","[קוץ]","[קוצים]","come-thorn","spine","thorns-di"]·jav["eri","eri-eri,","kados-eri","lan-eri","lan-rungkut","nanging-eri","èri-èri"]·KO["가시나무-의","가시나무들-","가시나무와","가시들을","가시들이","가시와","같은-가시","그리고-가시","그리고-가시가-","그리고-가시를"]·PT["E-espinhos","como-espinho","de-espinhos","e-abrolho","e-espinhos","espinho","espinhos","espinhos-de"]·RU["а-тернии","и-терния","и-шипа","как-терны","колючка","тернами","терние","тернии","терний","терния","терны"]·ES["como-espino","espino","espinos","espinos-de","ni-zarza","y-espino","y-espinos"]·SW["Na-miiba","kama-miiba","miiba","miiba-ya","na-miiba","wala-miiba"]·TR["Ve-diken","diken","diken-gibi","dikenler","dikenler-arasına","dikenleri","dikenlerin","dikenlerini","dikenleriyle","ve-dikenler","ve-çalı"]·urd["اور-کانٹا","اور-کانٹے","جیسے-کانٹا","کانٹا","کانٹوں","کانٹوں-کی","کانٹے"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. קוֹץ n.m. Ez 28:24 thorns, thorn-bush; abs. ק׳ Gn 3:18 +; pl. קֹצִים Ex 22:5 +, קוֹצִים Is 33:12 +; cstr. קוֹצֵי Ju 8:7, 16;— 1. thornbush, + דַּרְדַּר (q.v.) Gn 3:18 (J), Ho 10:8; + שָׁמִיר Is 32:13; + בַּרְקָנִים (q.v.), ק׳ הַמִּדְבָּר Ju 8:7, 16; ק׳ alone Ex 22:5 (E); כְּאֵשׁ קוֹצִים ψ 118:12 (sim. of foes); in various fig., Is 33:12 Je 4:3; 12:13. 2. thorn, fig, Ez 28:24 (c. מַכְאִב, v. כאב; ‖ סִלּוֹן q.v.); sim. כְּק׳ מֻנָד 2 S 23:6 (PerlesAnal. 53 conj.. מֹץ, but v. also נוד Hoph.).