ἈΚΑΝΘΑΙΣ, ἀκανθαις
AKANTHAIS, akanthais
Sounds Like: ah-KAN-thais
Translations: thorns, thistles, prickles, brambles
From the root: ΑΚΑΝΘΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to sharp, prickly plants like thorns, thistles, or brambles. It is often used metaphorically to describe difficulties, troubles, or obstacles, similar to how 'thorns in the flesh' is used in English. In the provided examples, it refers to actual thorny plants in a physical sense.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0001 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 9:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 6 — 2:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΚΑΝΘΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΚΑΝΘΑΙ — thorns, thistles, prickles, brambles
- ἈΚΑΝΘΑΝ — thorn, thistle, prickle, a thorn, a thistle
- ἈΚΑΝΘΑΣ — thorns, thistles, briars
- ἈΚΑΝΘΩ — to a thorn, for a thorn, with a thorn, by a thorn, in a thorn, to a thistle, for a thistle, with a thistle, by a thistle, in a thistle, to a bramble, for a bramble, with a bramble, by a bramble, in a bramble
- ἈΚΑΝΘΩΔΗΣ — thorny, full of thorns, brambly
- ἈΚΑΝΘΩΝ — of thorns, thorns
- ΑΚΑΘΑΝ — thorns, thistles, a thorn, a thistle
- ΑΚΑΝΘΑ — thorn, thistle, brier, a thorn, a thistle, a brier
- ΑΚΑΝΘΑΙ — thorns, thistles, brambles
- ΑΚΑΝΘΑΙΣ — thorns, thistles, prickles
- ΑΚΑΝΘΑΝ — thorn, thistle, prickle, a thorn, a thistle
- ΑΚΑΝΘΑΣ — of thorns, of thistles, of prickly plants
- ΑΚΑΝΘΕ — thorn, thistle, prickle, a thorn, a thistle
- ΑΚΑΝΘΗΣ — of thorn, of thorns, of a thorn, of a thistle, of thistles
- ΑΚΑΝΘΗΣʼ — (of) thorn, (of) a thorn, (of) thistle, (of) a thistle, (of) prickle, (of) a prickle
- ΑΚΑΝΘΙΝΟ — thorny, of thorns, made of thorns
- ΑΚΑΝΘΙΝΟΝ — thorny, of thorns, made of thorns, a thorny thing
- ΑΚΑΝΘΩΝ — of thorns, of thistles, of prickly plants
- ΚΑΝΘΑΝ — thorn, thistle, brier, a thorn, a thistle, a brier
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