Strong G5146τρίβολος
thistle
- Transliteration
- tribolos
- Pronunciation
- trib'-ol-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Detailed definition
τρίβολος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX: Gen.3:18, Hos.10:8 (דַּרְדַּר), 2Ki.12:31 (חָרִיץ), Pro.22:5 (צֵן)*;]
a thistle: Mat.7:16, Heb.6:8.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Gen.3:18, Hos.10:8 (דַּרְדַּר), 2Ki.12:31 (חָרִיץ), Pro.22:5 (צֵן)*;]
a thistle: Mat.7:16, Heb.6:8.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5146 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- brier1
- thistle1
First verses
- Matthew 7:16Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
- Hebrews 6:8But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
τρίβολος [ῐ], ὁ,
name of various prickly plants,
a water-chestnut, Trapa natans, τ. ἔνυδρος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.9.1, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.15.)]
b caltrops, Tribulus terrestris, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 576)]; τ. περικαρπιάκανθος, χερσαῖος, [LXX+7th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.1.6, 6.1.3, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus [same place]; ἄκανθαι καὶ τ. LXX.Gen.3.18; βάτοι καὶ τ. 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.680, compare “IG” 14.1934f1 (from Rome):— 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 47 calls sour wine ὀξύτερος τριβόλων.)]
c τ. φυλλάκανθος, thorny trefoil, Fagonia cretica, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.5.3.)]
d τ. παραθαλάσσιος, prickly samphire, Echinophora spinosa, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ γυναικείης φύσιος” 32.)]
II τρίβολοι, οἱ, a threshing-machine, a board with sharp stones fixed in the bottom, [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 85.36, +others, LXX.2Ki.12.31, 3rd c.AD(?): Longus Scriptor Eroticus 3.30)]; τ. ξύλινος (in the section περὶ κάρρων) [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Edict.Diocl.” 15.41; τριβόλους ἀχυρότριβας “Anthologia Graeca” 6.104 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus).)]
III caltrop, i. e. a four-spiked implement thrown on the ground to lame the enemy's horses, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 100.7, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.200a, 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 1.39.2, 4.3.17, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 4.15.2, 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “de Bello Gothico” 3.24.)]
III.b τ. πηχῶν έ a larger contrivance for stopping boulders, etc., thrown down a slope, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Athenaeus Mechanicus 38.2.)]
III.c οἱ κατακρημνώμενοι τ. an instrument hung from the walls of a fortress as a defence against battering-rams, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 100.15.)]
III.d a kind of missile, τριβόλων σιδηρῶν σφενδονῆται [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 20.1)]; οἱ τ. οἱ καιόμενοι a kind of incendiary missile, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 100.20, compare 94.9.)]
IV part of the bit of a bridle, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 782 (a). 9 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.148, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
V uncertain meaning in naval dockyard records, σίδηρος ἐκ τοῦ τ. [Refs (“IG” 22.1629.1154, 1631.338.)]
VI as adjective, three-tiered, πυρὰ πυργοειδὴς τ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 74.5.)]
name of various prickly plants,
a water-chestnut, Trapa natans, τ. ἔνυδρος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.9.1, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.15.)]
b caltrops, Tribulus terrestris, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 576)]; τ. περικαρπιάκανθος, χερσαῖος, [LXX+7th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.1.6, 6.1.3, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus [same place]; ἄκανθαι καὶ τ. LXX.Gen.3.18; βάτοι καὶ τ. 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.680, compare “IG” 14.1934f1 (from Rome):— 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 47 calls sour wine ὀξύτερος τριβόλων.)]
c τ. φυλλάκανθος, thorny trefoil, Fagonia cretica, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.5.3.)]
d τ. παραθαλάσσιος, prickly samphire, Echinophora spinosa, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ γυναικείης φύσιος” 32.)]
II τρίβολοι, οἱ, a threshing-machine, a board with sharp stones fixed in the bottom, [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 85.36, +others, LXX.2Ki.12.31, 3rd c.AD(?): Longus Scriptor Eroticus 3.30)]; τ. ξύλινος (in the section περὶ κάρρων) [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Edict.Diocl.” 15.41; τριβόλους ἀχυρότριβας “Anthologia Graeca” 6.104 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus).)]
III caltrop, i. e. a four-spiked implement thrown on the ground to lame the enemy's horses, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 100.7, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.200a, 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 1.39.2, 4.3.17, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 4.15.2, 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “de Bello Gothico” 3.24.)]
III.b τ. πηχῶν έ a larger contrivance for stopping boulders, etc., thrown down a slope, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Athenaeus Mechanicus 38.2.)]
III.c οἱ κατακρημνώμενοι τ. an instrument hung from the walls of a fortress as a defence against battering-rams, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 100.15.)]
III.d a kind of missile, τριβόλων σιδηρῶν σφενδονῆται [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 20.1)]; οἱ τ. οἱ καιόμενοι a kind of incendiary missile, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 100.20, compare 94.9.)]
IV part of the bit of a bridle, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 782 (a). 9 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.148, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
V uncertain meaning in naval dockyard records, σίδηρος ἐκ τοῦ τ. [Refs (“IG” 22.1629.1154, 1631.338.)]
VI as adjective, three-tiered, πυρὰ πυργοειδὴς τ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 74.5.)]