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title: קוֹץ — thornbush · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קוֹץ (6975), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: thornbush. BDB 1906: n.m. thorns, thorn-bush Hoph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קוֹץ

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«קוֹץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thornbush** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 12 times · **Key:** 6975 · **BDB:** קוֹץ

### Glosses

thorns (4); thorn\[s\] (3); (the).thorns (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thornbush [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6975/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. thorns, thorn-bush Hoph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6975/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ez 28:24 thorns, thorn-bush; abs. ק׳ Gn 3:18 +; pl. קֹצִים Ex 22:5 +, קוֹצִים Is 33:12 +; cstr. קוֹצֵי Ju 8:7, 16;— thornbush, + דַּרְדַּר (q.v.) Gn 3:18 (J), Ho 10:8; + שָׁמִיר Is 32:13; + בַּרְקָנִים (q.v.), ק׳ הַמִּדְבָּר Ju 8:7, 16; ק׳ alone Ex 22:5 (E); כְּאֵשׁ קוֹצִים ψ 118:12 (sim. of foes); in various fig., Is 33:12 Je 4:3; 12:13. thorn, fig, Ez 28:24 (c. מַכְאִב, v. כאב; ‖ סִלּוֹן q.v.); sim. כְּק׳ מֻנָד 2 S 23:6 (PerlesAnal. 53 conj.. מֹץ, but v. also נוד Hoph.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קוֹץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6975/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 33:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.33.12/)

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וְהָי֥וּ עַמִּ֖ים מִשְׂרְפ֣וֹת שִׂ֑יד קוֹצִ֥ים כְּסוּחִ֖ים בָּאֵ֥שׁ יִצַּֽתּוּ׃ס

*Word for word:* and they.will.be peoples burnings of.lime thorns cut.down with (the) fire they.will.be.kindled

*JPS 1917:* And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime; as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.

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[2 Samuel 23:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.6/)

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וּבְלִיַּ֕עַל כְּק֥וֹץ מֻנָ֖ד כֻּלָּ֑הַם כִּֽי־לֹ֥א בְיָ֖ד יִקָּֽחוּ׃

*Word for word:* and a.worthless.person \[is\].like thorn\[s\] \[which.is\].chased.away of.them all (dm) not in a.hand people.will.take

*JPS 1917:* But the ungodly, they are as thorns thrust away, all of them, for they cannot be taken with the hand;

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