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Bible Lexicons
Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary Greek Lexicon
Strong's #174 - ἀκάνθινος
Transliteration
akánthinos
Phonetics
ak-an'-thee-nos
Origin
from (G173)
Parts of Speech
adjective
TDNT
None
Definition
- Thayer
- Strong
- Mounce
Thayer's
- thorny, woven out of twigs of a thorny plant
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results

ASV (2)
Mark
1
John
1
BSB (2)
Mark
1
John
1
CSB (2)
Mark
1
John
1
ESV (2)
Mark
1
John
1
KJV (2)
Mark
1
John
1
LEB (0)
The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
LSB (2)
Mark
1
John
1
N95 (2)
Mark
1
John
1
NAS (2)
Mark
1
John
1
NLT (2)
Mark
1
John
1
WEB (2)
Mark
1
John
1
YLT (2)
Mark
1
John
1
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions
ἀκάνθ-ινος, η, ον,
I
1.of thorns, στέφανος Mark 15:17, John 19:5.
2. metaph., thorny, ἐν ἀ. ἀταρποῖς Anacreont. 53.12.
II of shittah-wood, ἱστός Hdt. 2.96; ξύλα PLond. 3.1177.191 (ii A. D.); τὰ ἀ.
1. cloths made of ἀκάνθιον 2, Str. 3.5.10.
2. ἀ. πάππος thistle-down, Dsc. 4.81.
Thayer's Expanded Definition
ἀκάνθινος, (ἄκανθα; Cf. ἀμαράντινος), thorny, woven out of the twigs of a thorny plant: Mark 15:17; John 19:5. (Isaiah 34:13.) Cf. the preceding word.
Thayer's Expanded Greek Definition, Electronic Database.
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament
ἀκάνθινος , -ον
(<ἄκανθα ),
[in LXX: Isaiah 34:13 (H5518)*;]
1. of thorns: Mark 15:17, John 19:5.
2. of acantha-wood (Hdt.; Papyri ap. MM, VGT, s.v.).†
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
ακάνθινα ακανθινον ακάνθινον ἀκάνθινον ακάρδιον ακάρδιος akanthinon akánthinon