Qimmôwsh — H7057

Definition

masculine noun

a prickly plant

1. thistles or nettles, a thorny or useless plant

Usually translated as

nettle

Origin

or qîymôwsh; from an unused root meaning to sting

Greek equivalents

• ólethros (G3639)

Occurrences

Qimmôwsh occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Isaiah (1), Hosea (1)

• Isaiah 34:13 — And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles (קִמּ֥וֹשׂ) and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
• Hosea 9:6 — For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles (קִמּוֹשׂ֙) shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.