Thorn
10 references
- The ground cursed with Gen. 3:18
- Used
- As an awl Job 41:2
- For fuel Ps. 58:9; 118:12; Eccl. 7:6
- Hedges formed of Hos. 2:6; Mic. 7:4
- Crown of, mockingly put on Jesus' head Matt. 27:29; Mark 15:17; John 19:2,5
- FIGURATIVE
- Of afflictions Num. 33:55; 2 Cor. 12:7
- Of the adversities of the wicked Prov. 22:5
- Of the evils that spring from the heart to choke the truth Matt. 13:7,22
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.