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Brier
(From Easton's Bible Dictionary)
This word occurs frequently, and is the translation of several different terms. Micah 7:4, it denotes a species of thorn shrub used for hedges. In Proverbs 15:19 the word is rendered "thorn" (Heb. hedek , "stinging"), supposed by some to be what is called the "apple of Sodom" (q.v.). Ezekiel 28:24, sallon' , properly a "prickle," such as is found on the shoots of the palm tree. Isaiah 55:13, probably simply a thorny bush. Some, following the Vulgate Version, regard it as the "nettle." Isaiah 5:6; 7:23-25, etc., frequently used to denote thorny shrubs in general. In 10:17; 27:4, it means troublesome men. In Hebrews 6:8 the Greek word (tribolos) so rendered means "three-pronged," and denotes the land caltrop, a low throny shrub resembling in its spikes the military "crow-foot." Compare Matthew 7:16, "thistle."
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