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thorns

Meaning of “thorns”

Sense 1: Sharp spines or prickles. Sense 2: Thorn-bearing plants and figures of things that prick, obstruct, or grieve.

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First occurrence: Genesis 3:18

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2 Samuel 23:6
¶ But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 23:6 · retained source text

¶ But the sonnes of Belial shall bee all of them as thornes thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands,

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