Word Study · Strong's H5285 · Hebrew
נַעֲצוּץ
naatsuts
nah-ats-oots'
Strong's 1890 spelling: naʻătsûwts
“probably a brier”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
probably a brier; by implication, a thicket of thorny bushes
Rendered in the KJV as
thorn.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- הַֽנַּעֲצוּץ֙1
- הַנַּ֣עֲצוּצִ֔ים1
How it is rendered · 2
- the thornbush1
- the thornbushes1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
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- HTd/Ncmpa · 1
- HTd/Ncmsa · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 7:19הַנַּ֣עֲצוּצִ֔יםhanaatzutzimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralAnd they will all come and settle in the steep ravines and clefts of the rocks, in all the thornbushes and watering holes.here: the thornbushes
- Isaiah 55:13הַֽנַּעֲצוּץ֙hanaatzutzthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularInstead of the thornbush, a cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, a myrtle will spring up; they will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”here: the thornbush