Lexical Definition

‎קוֹץ‎ qôwts (kotse) thorn ^H:N-M
or קֹץ qôts (kotse); from ‎קוּץ‎ (in the sense of pricking)

thorn.

• a thorn

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

See Greek: ἄκανθα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎קוֺץ‎ noun masculine^{Ezek 28:24} thornbush, thorn; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Gen 3:18 +; plural ‎קֹצִים‎ Exod 22:5* +, ‎קוֺצִים‎ Isa 33:12 +; construct ‎קוֺצֵי‎ Judg 8:7; Judg 8:16 —

1. thornbush, + ‎דַּרְדַּר‎ (q. v.) Gen 3:18 (J), Hos 10:8 + ‎שָׁמִיד‎ Isa 32:13 + ‎בַּרְקָנִים‎ (q. v.), ‎הַמִדְבָּר‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Judg 8:7; Judg 8:16 ‎׳‎‎ק‎ alone Exod 22:5* (E); ‎בְּאֵשׁ קוֺצִים‎ Ps 118:12 (simile of foes); in various figurative, Isa 33:12; Isa 12:18.

2. thorn, fig, Ezek 28:24 (with ‎מַכְאִב‎, see ‎כאב‎; || ‎סִלּוֺן‎; q. v.); simile ‎מֻנָד‎ ‎׳‎‎כְּק‎ 2Sam 23:6 (Perles^Anal.53 conjecture ‎מֹץ‎, but see also ‎נוד‎ Hoph`al).

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