King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5146
Transliteration: tribolos
Phonetic Spelling: (trib'-ol-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a thistle
Meaning: a thistle
τρίβολος, τριβολου, ὁ (τρεῖς and βάλλω ((cf. βέλος), three-pointed)), a thistle, a prickly wild plant, hurtful to other plants: Matthew 7:16; Hebrews 6:8. (Aristophanes, others; the Sept. for דַּרְדַּר, Genesis 3:18; Hosea 10:8; for צְנִינִים thorns, Proverbs 22:5.) (Cf. B. D. under the word, Thorns and Thistles, 4; Löw, Aram. Pflanzennamen, § 302.)
Word Summary
tribolos: a thistle
Original Word: τρίβολοςTransliteration: tribolos
Phonetic Spelling: (trib'-ol-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a thistle
Meaning: a thistle
Strong's Concordance
brier, thistle. From treis and belos; properly, a crow-foot (three-pronged obstruction in war), i.e. (by analogy) a thorny plant (caltrop) -- brier, thistle.
see GREEK treis
see GREEK belos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5146: τρίβολοςτρίβολος, τριβολου, ὁ (τρεῖς and βάλλω ((cf. βέλος), three-pointed)), a thistle, a prickly wild plant, hurtful to other plants: Matthew 7:16; Hebrews 6:8. (Aristophanes, others; the Sept. for דַּרְדַּר, Genesis 3:18; Hosea 10:8; for צְנִינִים thorns, Proverbs 22:5.) (Cf. B. D. under the word, Thorns and Thistles, 4; Löw, Aram. Pflanzennamen, § 302.)