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ΑΚΑΝΘΑΣ, ακανθας
AKANTHAS, akanthas
Sounds Like: ah-KAN-thas
Translations: of thorns, of thistles, of prickly plants
From the root: ΑΚΑΝΘΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the sharp, prickly parts of plants, such as thorns or thistles. It is often used metaphorically to describe difficulties, troubles, or things that cause pain or irritation. In this form, it indicates possession or origin, meaning 'of thorns' or 'belonging to thorns'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0017 (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
- ΑΚΑΝΘΑΙ — thorns, thistles, brambles
- ΑΚΑΝΘΑΙΣ — thorns, thistles, prickles
- ΑΚΑΝΘΑΝ — thorn, thistle, prickle, a thorn, a thistle
- 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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