ΑΚΑΝΘΑΙ, ακανθαι
AKANTHAI, akanthai
Sounds Like: ah-KAN-thigh
Translations: thorns, thistles, brambles
From the root: ΑΚΑΝΘΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to thorny plants, thistles, or brambles. It is often used metaphorically in ancient texts to represent obstacles, difficulties, or things that hinder growth or progress, much like literal thorns can choke out good plants. It is typically found in contexts describing wild, uncultivated land or challenges.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0001 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
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
- ἈΚΑΝΘΑΙΣ — 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
- 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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