קוֹץ qots

Hebrew word for “thorn” · Strong’s H6975 · used 12 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

1) thorn, thornbush; 1a) thornbush; 1b) thorn

How it is translated

Glosses given for qots in context, with how often each is used:

• thorns 7
• thornbushes 3
• like thorns 1
• thorn 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Judges 8 (2), Genesis 3 (1), Exodus 22 (1), 2 Samuel 23 (1), Psalms 118 (1), Isaiah 32 (1), Isaiah 33 (1), Jeremiah 4 (1), Jeremiah 12 (1), Ezekiel 28 (1)

Forms

• קוצים 3
• וקוץ 2
• קוצי 2
• קוץ 2
• קצים 1
• כקוץ 1
• וקצים 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with qots more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דַּרְדַּר dardar “thistle” 2
• בַּרְקָנִים barqan “briar” 2
• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 3
• זָרַע zara “to sow” 2
• מִדְבָּר midbar “wilderness” 2
• שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 2
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 2
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 2
• יָדַע yada “to know” 2
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 2

Key verses

The verses using qots that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 3:18 — Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
• Exodus 22:6 — If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall…
• Judges 8:7 — And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and…
• Judges 8:16 — And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
• 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:
• Psalms 118:12 — They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
• Isaiah 32:13 — Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
• Isaiah 33:12 — And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
• Jeremiah 4:3 — For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
• Jeremiah 12:13 — They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the…
• Ezekiel 28:24 — 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…
• Hosea 10:8 — 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…

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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.