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Thistle
Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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Comments: Yellow Distaff-thistle. Yellow distaff-thistle is a perennial, erect desert thorn of the tuberose subfamily. Its height is 25 cm. The plant branches a little, its appearance is sparse. The stems are bald, whitish. Both the scalps and the leaves are stiff thorny. The leaf is elongated, very prickly. Yellow distaff-thistle blooms throughout the spring and summer, from April to October. Scattered in Kurkar in the south of the coastal plain and in the interior sands of the desert, as well as in channels in the extreme desert.
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Thistle. Cynareae. חוח ḥōwaḥ - Strongs: H2336, τρίβολος tribolos - Strongs: G5146.
From Easton: Thistle - (1.) Heb. hoah (2 Kings 14:9; Job 31:40). In Job 41:2 the Hebrew word is rendered "thorn," but in the Revised Version "hook." It is also rendered "thorn" in 2 Chronicles 33:11; Proverbs 26:9; Song of Solomon 2:2; "brambles" in Isaiah 34:13. It is supposed to be a variety of the wild plum-tree, but by some it is regarded as the common thistle, of which there are many varieties in Palestine.
(2.) Heb. dardar, meaning "a plant growing luxuriantly" (Genesis 3:18; Hosea 10:8); Gr. tribolos, "a triple point" (Matthew 7:16; Hebrews 6:8, "brier," R.V. "thistle"). This was probably the star-thistle, called by botanists Centaurea calcitropa, or "caltrops," a weed common in corn-fields. (See THORNS)
Verses:
- 2 Kings 14:9
- 2 Chronicles 25:18
- 2 Chronicles 33:11
- Job 31:40
- Job 41:2
- Proverbs 26:9
- Song of Solomon 2:2
- Isaiah 34:13
- Hosea 9:6
- Matthew 7:16
- Hebrews 6:8
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