STRONGS G5146:
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.)
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