Word Study · Strong's H1303 · Hebrew
בַּרְקָן
barqan
bar-kwan'
Strong's 1890 spelling: barqân
“a thorn (perhaps as burning brightly)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a thorn (perhaps as burning brightly)
Rendered in the KJV as
brier.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- הַֽבַּרְקֳנִ֑ים1
- הַֽבַּרְקֳנִֽים׃1
How it is rendered · 1
- the briers2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural2
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- HTd/Ncmpa · 2
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The ledger of occurrences
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 8:7הַֽבַּרְקֳנִֽים׃habarkonimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural“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 briers
- Judges 8:16הַֽבַּרְקֳנִ֑יםhabarkonimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThen he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.here: the briers