Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 41:2 · retained source text
Canst thou put an hooke into his nose? or bore his iawe through with a thorne?
KJV dictionary & concordance
thorn
Meaning of “thorn”
Sense 1: A sharp spine or prickle. Sense 2: A thorn-bearing plant and a figure of something that pricks, obstructs, or grieves.
Definition sources
KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
7 occurrences7 verses7 booksKJV PCE
First occurrence: Job 41:2
Complete exact-word concordance
Every verse containing “thorn”
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 26:9 · retained source text
As a thorne goeth vp into the hand of a drunkard; so is a parable in the mouth of fooles.
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.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 55:13 · retained source text
In stead of the thorne shall come vp the Firre tree, and in stead of the brier shall come vp the Myrtle tree, and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an euerlasting signe that shall not bee cut off.
¶ 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.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 28:24 · retained source text
¶ And there shall be no more a pricking briar vnto the house of Israel, nor any grieuing thorne of all that are round about them that despised them, and they shal know that I am the LORD God.
The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 10:8 · retained source text
The high places also of Auen, the sinne of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorne and the thistle shall come vp on their altars; and they shall say to the mountaines, Couer vs; and to the hilles, Fall on vs.
1611 marginal noteIsai. 2.19. luc.23.30. reu.6.16. and 9.6.
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.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Micah 7:4 · retained source text
The best of them is as a brier: the most vpright is sharper then a thorne hedge: the day of thy watchmen, and thy visitation commeth; now shall be their perplexitie.
And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 12:7 · retained source text
And least I should bee exalted aboue measure through the abundance of the reuelations, there was giuen to me a thorne in the flesh, the messenger of Sathan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted aboue measure.
1611 marginal noteSee Ezek. 18.24.
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Historical definitions
Webster 1828
Open source edition ↗A tree or shrub armed with spines or sharp ligneous shoots.