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  • Hebrew Atad , Judges 9:14; rendered "thorn," Psalm 58:9 . The LXX. and Vulgate render by rhamnus, a thorny shrub common in Palestine, resembling the hawthorn.

  • Hebrew Hoah , Isaiah 34:13 (RSV "thistles"); "thickets" in 1 Samuel 13:6; "thistles" in 2Kings 2 Kings 25:18 , Job 31:40; "thorns" in 2 Chronicles 33:11 , Song of Solomon 2:2 , Hosea 9:6 . The word may be regarded as denoting the common thistle, of which there are many species which encumber the corn-fields of Palestine. (See THORNS .)

    Bibliography Information
    Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Bramble'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​b/bramble.html. 1897.
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