סִלּוֹן
çillôwn · H5544 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Thing
Meanings
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thorn
Small sharp-pointed projection from a plant stem or branch
ExamplesEzekiel 2:6 “And as for you, son of man, you are not to fear them nor fear their words, though thistles and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions; you are not to fear their words nor be dismayed at their presence, since they are a rebellious house.
Ezekiel 28:24 “And there will no longer be for the house of Israel a painful thorn or a hurtful thorn bush from any surrounding them who despised them; then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.”
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מָאַרmalignant, painful 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ךָּyou 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 4 words
- קוֹץ qôwts · H6975 · thorn, brier, thornbush
- Common Hebrew term for thorny plants; frequently used interchangeably with other thorn/brier terminology to describe painful, prickly vegetation that is unwanted or symbolic of curse/desolation.
- נַעֲצוּץ naʻătsûwts · H5285 · thorn, thistle, brier
- Hebrew term specifically for thorny/prickly plants, often paired with other thorn words in poetic parallelism to describe unwanted, painful vegetation.
- חוֹחַ chôwach · H2336 · thorn, thistle, hook
- Hebrew word for thorny plants, used in similar contexts to describe troublesome vegetation, often in lists or poetic pairs with other thorn/brier terminology.
- דַּרְדַּר dardar · H1863 · thorn, thistle, brier
- Hebrew term for prickly plants, notably used in Genesis 3:18 alongside other thorn vocabulary to describe cursed vegetation; represents the same semantic category of unwanted, painful plants.
In the other Testament 2 words
- ἄκανθα ákantha · G173 · thorn plant, thistle, brier
- Standard Greek equivalent for Hebrew thorny plant terminology; ἄκανθα is the common LXX translation for various Hebrew thorn/brier words and represents the same semantic category of painful, prickly vegetation.
- τρίβολος tríbolos · G5146 · thorn plant, thistle, brier
- Another Greek term for thorny/prickly plants used in LXX for Hebrew thorn vocabulary; represents the same category of troublesome, painful vegetation.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Plants001002007001
- A brier or thorn, used figuratively by Ezekiel for the hostile people among whom the prophet must dwell, and paired with thorns and scorpions in a related oracle against Egypt.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5544. sillon or sallon [סַלּוֺן], סִלּוֺן noun masculine brier (√ unknown): — מַמְאִיר…
or sallon [סַלּוֺן], סִלּוֺן noun masculine brier (√ unknown): — מַמְאִיר סִלּוֺן Eze 28:24 a pricking brier (figurative of national distress; || מַכְאִב קוֺץ); plural סַלּוֺנִים Eze 2:6 ( + סָרָבִים; Co [after Vrss] Berthol [not Toy] read (אותך) וְסֹלִים סֹרְבִים resisting and despising thee; ׳סִל is then Participle from I. סלה).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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