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Genesis 3

Gen. 3:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thorns also
qowts (Hebrew #6975)
from 6972 (in the sense of pricking); a thorn
KJV usage: thorn.
Pronounce: kotse
Origin: or qots {kotse}
and thistles
dardar (Hebrew #1863)
a thorn
KJV usage: thistle.
Pronounce: dar-dar'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
shall it γbring forth
tsamach (Hebrew #6779)
to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).
Pronounce: tsaw-makh'
Origin: a primitive root
to thee; and thou shalt eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
the herb
`eseb (Hebrew #6212)
grass (or any tender shoot)
KJV usage: grass, herb.
Pronounce: eh'seb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green)
of the field
sadeh (Hebrew #7704)
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat)
KJV usage: country, field, ground, land, soil, X wild.
Pronounce: saw-deh'
Origin: or saday {saw-dah'-ee}
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γ
cause to bud.

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Cross References

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Josh. 23:13• 13{i}know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more dispossess these nations from before you, and they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you.{/i} (Josh. 23:13)
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Job 5:5• 5Whose harvest the hungry one devoureth,{HR}And taketh it off even out of a thorn-hedge,{HR}And the thirsty swalloweth up their wealth. (Job 5:5)
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Job 31:40• 40Instead of wheat let thorns come up,{HR}And weeds instead of barley.{HR}The words of Job are ended. (Job 31:40)
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Prov. 22:5• 5Thorns, snares, are in the way of a perverse one;{HR}He that guardeth his soul keepeth far from them. (Prov. 22:5)
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Prov. 24:31• 31And, behold, it was all grown over with thorns:{HR}Nettles had covered its face,{HR}And the stone wall thereof was broken down. (Prov. 24:31)
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Isa. 5:6• 6and I will lay it waste—it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. (Isa. 5:6)
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Isa. 7:23• 23And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] every place where were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings shall become briars and thorns. (Isa. 7:23)
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Isa. 32:13• 13Upon the land of my people shall come up thistles [and] briars: yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city. (Isa. 32:13)
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Jer. 4:3• 3{i}For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: Break up for you a fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.{/i} (Jer. 4:3)
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Jer. 12:13• 13They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of Jehovah. (Jer. 12:13)
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Matt. 13:7• 7{i}and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them;{/i} (Matt. 13:7)
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Heb. 6:8• 8but if bringing forth thorns and briars, [is] worthless and near a curse, whose end [is] for burning. (Heb. 6:8)
bring forth.
Heb. cause to bud.
herb.
Job 1:21• 21and said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah. (Job 1:21)
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Psa. 90:3• 3Thou turnest man to crumbling,{HR}And sayest, Return, sons of men. (Psa. 90:3)
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Psa. 104:2,14‑15• 2Wearing light as the robe,{HR}Spreading heavens as the curtains;
 14He causeth to grow grass for the cattle{HR}And herb for the service of man,{HR}To bring forth bread from the earth;
 15And wine that gladdeneth man's heart,{HR}To make [his] face shine with oil;{HR}And bread upholdeth man's heart. (Psa. 104:2,14‑15)
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Rom. 14:2• 2One person hath faith to eat all things, but he that is weak eateth herbs. (Rom. 14:2)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and thorns and thistles shall it yield thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

W. Kelly Translation

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and thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat herbage of the field;