17 occurrences in 10 translations

'Thorn bush' in the Bible

And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a thorn-bush: and he looked, and behold, the thorn-bush burned with fire, and the thorn-bush was not being consumed.

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfAngel of the LordMetaphysicsFireTheophanyGod's Glory RevealedGod, Presence OfGod AppearingNot Destroyed

And Moses said, Let me now turn aside and see this great sight, why the thorn-bush is not burnt.

Verse ConceptsNot DestroyedSeeing Situations

And Jehovah saw that he turned aside to see, and God called to him out of the midst of the thorn-bush and said, Moses, Moses! And he said, Here am I.

Verse ConceptsCalling, Of IndividualsDuplicating WordsThis Is Me

"So all the trees said to the thornbush, 'You come and be our king!'

Verse ConceptsBrambles

The thornbush said to the trees, 'If you really want to choose me as your king, then come along, find safety under my branches! Otherwise may fire blaze from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!'

Verse ConceptsCedarShadowsBramblesBurning PlantsPerforming The Truth

But King Jehoash of Israel sent this message to King Amaziah of Judah: "The thorn bush in Lebanon sent this message to the cedar of Lebanon: "Give your daughter to my son in marriage.' But just then a wild beast from Lebanon wandered by and trampled down the thorn bush.

Verse ConceptsCedarFablesThornsSarcasmThistlesOld Testament ParablesGiving In Marriage

But King Joash of Israel replied to King Amaziah of Judah, "There once was a thorn bush in Lebanon that sent an invitation to the cedar of Lebanon that read "Give your daughter to my son in marriage.' Right about then, a wild animal in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thorn bush.

Verse ConceptsCedarThornsTwelve Beings

Between the shrubs they will bray; they will be poured out under the thorn bush.

Verse ConceptsNettles

Before your pots can feel [the heat of] a thornbush, whether green [or] {dry}, he will sweep it away.

Verse ConceptsWhirlwindsThornsGod Not DelayingWeed

Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Verse ConceptsProverbsWise Proverbsdrunkards

And thorns came up in her palaces, the nettle and the thorn bush in her fortifications, and it was a dwelling of jackals, an enclosure for the daughters of the ostrich.

Verse ConceptsNettlesCitadelsThornsBramblesOstriches

Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will come up,and instead of the brier, a myrtle will come up;it will make a name for Yahwehas an everlasting sign that will not be destroyed.

Verse ConceptsBriersDivine ManifestationsPlantsFir TreesWeedsWicked Described AsEternal DeliveranceMyrtleSigns Attending Christ

And {there will not be any longer} painful thorn and a sharp thornbush for the house of Israel from {anywhere around them} [from those] {who are despising them}, and they will know that I [am] the Lord Yahweh." '"

Verse ConceptsBriersThorns

Indeed, while tangled as by a thorn bush, while drunken as by a strong drink, the Ninevites will be burned like dry straw.

Verse Conceptsdrunkards

because every tree is known by its own fruit. People don't gather figs from thorny plants or pick grapes from a thorn bush.

Verse ConceptsThornsWeedsBramblesDistinguishingRecognising Things

“After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn bush.

Verse Concepts40 To 50 YearsGod Appearing In FireGod Led Them Through The Wilderness

“This Moses whom they disowned, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer with the help of the angel who appeared to him in the thorn bush.

Verse ConceptsBurning bushMoses, Significance OfRejection Of GodIndividuals Saving OthersRejection

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Thorn-Bush (15 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
βάτος 
Batos 
Usage: 2

סנה 
C@nah 
Usage: 6

שׂיח 
Siyach 
Usage: 4

תּלתּל 
Taltal 
Usage: 1

μόδιος 
Modios 
Usage: 0

חדק 
Chedeq 
Usage: 2

חוח 
Chowach 
Usage: 11

מסוּכה 
M@cuwkah 
Usage: 1

נעצוּץ 
Na`atsuwts 
Usage: 2

סלּון סלּון 
Cillown 
Usage: 2

צן 
Tsen 
Usage: 2

צנן צנין 
Tsaniyn 
Usage: 0

קץ קוץ 
Qowts 
Usage: 12

קמּשׁון 
Qimmashown 
Usage: 1

שׁית 
Shayith 
Usage: 7

σκόλοψ 
Skolops 
Usage: 1

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