Thorns in the Bible: 50 times in the King James Version | Thy Word is True

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Thorns KJV

“Thorns” is in the King James Bible 50 times, in 47 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

ἄκανθα akantha 14 times
קוץ קץ qôts qôts 10 times
שׁית shayith 7 times
סיר סירה סרה sı̂yr sı̂yrâh sirâh 4 times
חוח chôach 3 times
ἀκάνθινος akanthinos 2 times
צן tsên 2 times
צנין צנן tsânı̂yn tsânin 2 times
אטד 'âṭâd 1 time
חדק chêdeq 1 time
נעצוּץ na‛ătsûts 1 time
סלּון סלּון sillôn sallôn 1 time
No Strong's number mostly supplied words 1 time

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קמּשׁון qimmâshôn 1 time

translating H6796

2 verses translating H6796 Show all

Numbers

33:55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

Joshua

23:13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.

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