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It is used metaphorically in the Bible to describe desolation and neglect, symbolizing the consequences of sin and the resulting curse on the land.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Near East, thorns and thistles were common in neglected fields and wastelands. They were often associated with the curse of the ground following Adam's sin (Genesis 3:18). These plants were a vivid reminder of the fallen state of creation and the need for redemption. In an agrarian society, the presence of thistles indicated a lack of cultivation and care, symbolizing spiritual and physical desolation.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of uncertain derivation<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>(a kind of weed), perhaps chickpea<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>nettles (3).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">חָרוּל</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun [masculine]</b></font> a kind of weed, perhaps <font size="+1"><b>chickpea</b></font> (<em>cicercula</em>), see Löw<sup>p. 153</sup> (Syriac <img src="/bdbgif/bdb035504.gif"> <em>fodder for horses</em>; <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ7</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/24-31.htm">Proverbs 24:31</a> gives <font class="hebrew2">חוּרְלָא</font>) — absolute <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ח</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/30-6.htm">Job 30:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/zephaniah/2-9.htm">Zephaniah 2:9</a>; plural <font class="hebrew2">חֲרֻלִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/24-31.htm">Proverbs 24:31</a>; — as growing in devastated land, collective <a href="/interlinear/zephaniah/2-9.htm">Zephaniah 2:9</a>; in vineyard of slothful, plural <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">כִּסּוּ פניו ח</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/24-31.htm">Proverbs 24:31</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">קִמְּשׂגִים</font>); as sole shelter of certain outcast peoples <a href="/interlinear/job/30-7.htm">Job 30:7</a> (<font class="hebrew2">שִׂיחִים</font>). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>prickly, pointed<p>Or (shortened) charul {khaw-rool'}; apparently, a passive participle of an unused root probably meaning to be prickly; properly, pointed, i.e. A bramble or other thorny weed: nettle. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>חָר֛וּל חָר֣וּל חרול קִמְּשֹׂנִ֗ים קמשנים chaRul ḥā·rūl ḥārūl kimmesoNim qim·mə·śō·nîm qimməśōnîm<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/job/30-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 30:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/30.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יִנְהָ֑קוּ תַּ֖חַת <b> חָר֣וּל </b> יְסֻפָּֽחוּ׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/30.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> out; Under <span class="itali">the nettles</span> they are gathered together.<br><a href="/kjvs/job/30.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> they brayed; <span class="itali">under the nettles</span> they were gathered together.<br><a href="/interlinear/job/30-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> cry Under <span class="itali">the nettles</span> are gathered<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/24-31.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 24:31</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/24.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עָ֘לָ֤ה כֻלּ֨וֹ ׀ <b> קִמְּשֹׂנִ֗ים </b> כָּסּ֣וּ פָנָ֣יו</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> was covered <span class="itali">with nettles,</span> And its stone<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> with thorns, <span class="itali">[and] nettles</span> had covered<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/24-31.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> overgrown completely <span class="itali">nettles</span> was covered surface<p><b><a href="/text/zephaniah/2-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Zephaniah 2:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/zephaniah/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כַּֽעֲמֹרָ֔ה מִמְשַׁ֥ק <b> חָר֛וּל </b> וּמִכְרֵה־ מֶ֥לַח</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/zephaniah/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> A place possessed <span class="itali">by nettles</span> and salt<br><a href="/kjvs/zephaniah/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [even] the breeding <span class="itali">of nettles,</span> and saltpits,<br><a href="/interlinear/zephaniah/2-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Gomorrah the breeding <span class="itali">nettles</span> cistern and salt<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2738.htm">3 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2738.htm">Strong's Hebrew 2738<br>3 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/charul_2738.htm">ḥā·rūl — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kimmesonim_2738.htm">qim·mə·śō·nîm — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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