Word Study · Strong's H6975 · Hebrew
קוֹץ
qots
kotse
Strong's 1890 spelling: qôwts
“a thorn”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a thorn
Rendered in the KJV as
thorn.
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- קוֹצֵ֥י2
- וְק֥וֹץ1
- וְק֣וֹץ1
- וְקֹצִ֣ים1
- כְּק֥וֹץ1
- ק֥וֹץ1
- ק֣וֹץ1
- קוֹצִ֑ים1
- קוֹצִ֥ים1
- קוֹצִֽים׃1
- קֹצִים֙1
How it is rendered · 10
- thornbushes2
- thorns2
- [is] like thorn[s]1
- [the] thorns of1
- and a thorn1
- and thorn[s]1
- and thorns1
- the thorns of1
- thorn[s]1
- thornbush[es]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · masculine plural4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2
- noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 4
- HC/Ncmsa · 2
- HNcmpc · 2
- HNcmsa · 2
- HC/Ncmpa · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Judges carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 8:7קוֹצֵ֥יkotzeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)“Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”here: the thorns of
- Judges 8:16קוֹצֵ֥יkotzeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.here: [the] thorns of
2 Samuel1 occurrence
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 32:13ק֥וֹץkotznoun · masculine singularand for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers— even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.here: thornbush[es]
- Isaiah 33:12קוֹצִ֥יםkotzimnoun · masculine pluralThe peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.here: thornbushes
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 4:3קוֹצִֽים׃kotzimnoun · masculine pluralFor this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.here: thorns
- Jeremiah 12:13וְקֹצִ֣יםvekotzimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralThey have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”here: and thorns
Same headword in Strong's