Chêdeq — H2312

Definition

masculine noun

a prickly plant

1. brier, thorn, prick

Usually translated as

brier, thorn

Origin

from an unused root meaning to sting

Greek equivalents

• ákantha (G173)

Occurrences

Chêdeq occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Proverbs (1), Micah (1)

• Proverbs 15:19 — The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns (חָ֑דֶק): but the way of the righteous is made plain.
• Micah 7:4 — The best of them is as a brier (כְּחֵ֔דֶק): the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.