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Brier
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This word occurs frequently, and is the translation of several different terms.
Brier (1)
#Micah 7:4, it denotes a species of thorn shrub used for hedges. In Prov. 15:19 the word is rendered “thorn” (Heb. hedek, “stinging”), supposed by some to be what is called the “apple of Sodom” (q.v.).
Brier (2)
#Ezek. 28:24, sallon’, properly a “prickle,” such as is found on the shoots of the palm tree.
Brier (3)
#Isa. 55:13, probably simply a thorny bush. Some, following the Vulgate Version, regard it as the “nettle.”
Brier (4)
#Isa. 5:6; 7:23-25, etc., frequently used to denote thorny shrubs in general. In 10:17; 27:4, it means troublesome men.
Brier (5)
#In Heb. 6:8 the Greek word (tribolos) so rendered means “three-pronged,” and denotes the land caltrop, a low throny shrub resembling in its spikes the military “crow-foot.” Comp. Matt. 7:16, “thistle.”
In the Bible
3
Verses where Brier is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Ezekiel 28:24
For the people of Israel will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.’
- Isaiah 55:13
Instead of the thornbush, the cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”
- Micah 7:4
The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.
Voices on Brier
9
Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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