Word Study · Strong's H2312 · Hebrew

חֵדֶק

chedeq

khay'-dek

Strong's 1890 spelling: chêdeq

“a prickly plant”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a prickly plant

Rendered in the KJV as

brier, thorn.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

חָ֑דֶק1
כְּחֵ֔דֶק1

How it is rendered · 2

[is] like a thorn-bush1
thorn[s]1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

noun · masculine singular1
preposition + noun · masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcmsa · 1
HR/Ncmsa · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Proverbs1 of 2 · 50%
Micah1 of 2 · 50%

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Proverbs1 occurrence

Proverbs 15:19חָ֑דֶקchadeknoun · masculine singularThe way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.here: thorn[s]

Micah1 occurrence

Micah 7:4כְּחֵ֔דֶקkechedekpreposition + noun · masculine singularThe best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.here: [is] like a thorn-bush

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