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Bramble
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Bramble (1)
#Hebrew atad, Judg. 9:14; rendered “thorn,” Ps. 58:9. The LXX. and Vulgate render by rhamnus, a thorny shrub common in Palestine, resembling the hawthorn.
Bramble (2)
#Hebrew hoah, Isa. 34:13 (R.V. “thistles”); “thickets” in 1 Sam. 13:6; “thistles” in 2 Kings 14:9, 2 Chr. 25:18, Job 31:40; “thorns” in 2 Chr. 33:11, Cant. 2:2, Hos. 9:6. The word may be regarded as denoting the common thistle, of which there are many species which encumber the corn-fields of Palestine. (See THORNS.)
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
[Thorns]
In the Bible
3
Verses where Bramble is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Judges 9:14
Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’
- Judges 9:15
But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
- Luke 6:44
For each tree is known by its own fruit. Indeed, figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor grapes from brambles.
Scripture on Bramble
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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