קוֹץ
qôwts · kotse
a thorn
Lexicon
Derivation: or קֹץ; from H6972 (קוּץ) (in the sense of pricking);
a thorn
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: thorn.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to fasten and establish › to pursue the straight path
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to fasten and establish that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קוֹץ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thorns2 · 17%
- thorns also1 · 8%
- in thorns1 · 8%
- with the thorns1 · 8%
- and thorns1 · 8%
- shall be all of them as thorns1 · 8%
- of thorns1 · 8%
- as thorns1 · 8%
- not among thorns1 · 8%
- thorn1 · 8%
- the thorn1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.