Occurrences
Qôwts occurs 12 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (1), Judges (2), 2 Samuel (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (1), Hosea (1)
- Genesis 3:18 — Thorns (וְק֥וֹץ) also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
- Exodus 22:6 — If fire break out, and catch in thorns (קֹצִים֙), so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
- Judges 8:7 — And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns (קוֹצֵ֥י) of the wilderness and with briers.
- Judges 8:16 — And he took the elders of the city, and thorns (קוֹצֵ֥י) of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
- 2 Samuel 23:6 — But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns (כְּק֥וֹץ) thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
- Psalms 118:12 — They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns (קוֹצִ֑ים): for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
- Isaiah 32:13 — Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns (ק֥וֹץ) and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
- Isaiah 33:12 — And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns (קוֹצִ֥ים) cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
- Jeremiah 4:3 — For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns (קוֹצִֽים).
- Jeremiah 12:13 — They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns (וְקֹצִ֣ים): they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
- Ezekiel 28:24 — And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn (וְק֣וֹץ) of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
- Hosea 10:8 — The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn (ק֣וֹץ) and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.