ἈΚΑΝΟΝ, ἀκανον
AKANON, akanon
Sounds Like: ah-KAH-non
Translations: thorn, a thorn, thistle, a thistle, bramble, a bramble, thorn-bush, a thorn-bush
From the root: ΑΚΑΝΘΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a thorny plant, a thistle, or a bramble. It is often used to describe plants that are prickly or have thorns. In a broader sense, it can also refer to anything that causes irritation or trouble, like a 'thorn in the flesh'.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G0001 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 9 — 9:197
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΚΑΝΘΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΚΑΝΘΙΝΟΝ — thorny, made of thorns, a thorny
- ΑΚΑΝΘΙΝΑ — thorny, of thorns, made of thorns
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