ἄκανθα akantha
Greek word for “a thorn” · Strong’s G173 · used 14 times in 11 verses
Meaning
ἄκανθα, -ης, ἡ; (ἀκή, a point); a prickly plant, thorn, brier; in NT always pl.: 13:7,22 27:29, 8:7,14, (see MM, VGT, see word).†;
How it is translated
Glosses given for akantha in context, with how often each is used:
- thorns 14
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Matthew 13 (2), Mark 4 (2), Luke 8 (2), Matthew 7 (1), Matthew 27 (1), Luke 6 (1), John 19 (1), Hebrews 6 (1)
Forms
- ἀκάνθας 6
- ἀκανθῶν 5
- ἄκανθαι 3
Words used with it
Words that share verses with akantha more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- συμπνίγω sumpnigō “to choke” 3
- πίπτω piptō “to collapse” 4
- τρίβολος tribolos “thistle” 2
- σταφυλή staphulē “grapes” 2
- πλέκω plekō “to weave” 2
- σῦκον sukon “fig” 2
- καρπός karpos “fruit” 3
- μέριμνα merimna “concern” 2
- συλλέγω sullegō “to collect” 2
- ἄλλος allos “another” 3
- στέφανος stephanos “crown” 2
- πλοῦτος ploutos “riches” 2
Key verses
The verses using akantha that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Matthew 7:16 — Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
- Matthew 13:7 — And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
- Matthew 13:22 — He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he…
- Matthew 27:29 — And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him,…
- Mark 4:7 — And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
- Mark 4:18 — And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
- Luke 6:44 — For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
- Luke 8:7 — And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
- Luke 8:14 — And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no…
- John 19:2 — And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
- Hebrews 6:8 — But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
See all 11 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.