קוֹץ
qots (H6975)
thorn
AI Word Study
Based on the provided data, the word "qots" (Strong's number: H6975) is a Hebrew term that refers to a physical object in nature. Its short definition explicitly states that it is a "thorn." This meaning is consistent across its 12 occurrences in the Bible, indicating that its semantic range is quite narrow and specific. As a concept related to "Creation & Nature," qots implies a connection to the natural world. Given its definition as a thorn, it is likely associated with sharp, prickly plants that grow in the wilderness or other non-domesticated environments. This word's presence in the biblical text suggests that it holds some significance beyond mere identification, possibly related to the challenges or hardships faced by humans in the natural world. While the significance of qots is unclear without further context, its consistent use across 12 biblical occurrences indicates that it is a meaningful concept worth investigation. Further examination might reveal how qots is used to convey themes or ideas about resilience, perseverance, or the complexities of human-nature interactions.
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It will yield thorns and thistles to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.
“If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
Gideon said, “Therefore when Yahweh has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.”
He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
But all the ungodly will be as thorns to be thrust away, because they can’t be taken with the hand,
They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In Yahweh’s name I cut them off.
Thorns and briers will come up on my people’s land; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
The peoples will be like the burning of lime, like thorns that are cut down and burned in the fire.
For Yahweh says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, “Break up your fallow ground, and don’t sow among thorns.
They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns. They have exhausted themselves, and profit nothing. You will be ashamed of your fruits, because of Yahweh’s fierce anger.”
“ ‘ “There will be no more a pricking brier to the house of Israel, nor a hurting thorn of any that are around them that scorned them. Then they will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.”
The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars. They will tell the mountains, “Cover us!” and the hills, “Fall on us!”