Naʻătsûwts — H5285

Definition

masculine noun

probably a brier; by implication, a thicket of thorny bushes

1. thornbush

Usually translated as

thorn

Origin

from an unused root meaning to prick

Occurrences

Naʻătsûwts occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Isaiah (2)

• Isaiah 7:19 — And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns (הַנַּ֣עֲצוּצִ֔ים), and upon all bushes.
• Isaiah 55:13 — Instead of the thorn (הַֽנַּעֲצוּץ֙) shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.