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They belong to the Asteraceae family and are commonly found in temperate regions. In the Bible, thistles are frequently mentioned as symbols of desolation, curse, and the consequences of sin.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b> <br>Thistles appear in several passages throughout the Bible, often in contexts that highlight the fallen state of creation and the challenges faced by humanity due to sin. <br><br>1. <b><a href="/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17-18</a> :</b> <br> "To Adam He said, 'Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.'"<br><br> In this passage, thistles are part of the curse pronounced upon the ground as a result of Adam's disobedience. They symbolize the hardship and toil that would now characterize human labor.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/hosea/10-8.htm">Hosea 10:8</a> :</b> <br> "The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed; thorns and thistles will grow over their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, 'Cover us!' and to the hills, 'Fall on us!'"<br><br> Here, thistles are used to depict the desolation and judgment that would come upon Israel due to their idolatry and sin. The overgrowth of thistles on altars signifies abandonment and divine retribution.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/matthew/7-16.htm">Matthew 7:16</a> :</b> <br> "By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?"<br><br> In the New Testament, Jesus uses thistles metaphorically to illustrate the principle that good cannot come from evil. Just as one cannot gather figs from thistles, so too can one not expect righteous deeds from a corrupt heart.<br><br><b>Symbolism and Interpretation:</b> <br>Thistles in the Bible are emblematic of the consequences of sin and the fallen nature of the world. They serve as a reminder of the curse that came upon creation due to human disobedience. The presence of thistles signifies barrenness, difficulty, and the need for redemption.<br><br><b>Theological Significance:</b> <br>From a theological perspective, thistles underscore the reality of a world marred by sin and the need for divine intervention. They point to the hope of restoration and redemption through Jesus Christ, who came to reverse the curse and bring about a new creation. The imagery of thistles invites believers to reflect on the state of their own hearts and the fruit they produce, urging a life of repentance and faithfulness.<br><br><b>Cultural and Historical Context:</b> <br>In ancient Near Eastern agriculture, thistles were a common nuisance, making the land difficult to cultivate. Their mention in Scripture would have resonated with the agrarian society of the time, who understood firsthand the toil and frustration associated with these plants. The biblical use of thistles as a metaphor for sin and judgment would have been a powerful image for the original audience.<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Thistle</span><p>[<a href="../t/thorns.htm">THORNS</a> AND THISTLES]<a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div><p>(1.) Hebrews hoah (<a href="/2_kings/14-9.htm">2 Kings 14:9</a>; <a href="/job/31-40.htm">Job 31:40</a>). In <a href="/job/41-2.htm">Job 41:2</a> the Hebrew word is rendered "thorn," but in the Revised Version "hook." It is also rendered "thorn" in <a href="/2_chronicles/33-11.htm">2 Chronicles 33:11</a>; <a href="/proverbs/26-9.htm">Proverbs 26:9</a>; Cant. 2:2; "brambles" in Isaiah 34:13. It is supposed to be a variety of the wild plum-tree, but by some it is regarded as the common thistle, of which there are many varieties in Palestine.<p>(2.) Hebrews dardar, meaning "a plant growing luxuriantly" (<a href="/genesis/3-18.htm">Genesis 3:18</a>; <a href="/hosea/10-8.htm">Hosea 10:8</a>); Gr. tribolos, "a triple point" (<a href="/matthew/7-16.htm">Matthew 7:16</a>; <a href="/hebrews/6-8.htm">Hebrews 6:8</a>, "brier, " R.V. "thistle"). This was probably the star-thistle, called by botanists Centaurea calcitropa, or "caltrops," a weed common in corn-fields. (see <a href="../t/thorns.htm">THORNS</a>.) <a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(<I>n.</I>) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/5146.htm"><span class="l">5146. tribolos -- a <b>thistle</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> a <b>thistle</b>. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: tribolos Phonetic Spelling:<br> (trib'-ol-os) Short Definition: a <b>thistle</b> Definition: a <b>thistle</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5146.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/1863.htm"><span class="l">1863. dardar -- thistles</span></a><br><b>...</b> dardar. 1864 . thistles. Transliteration: dardar Phonetic Spelling: (dar-dar')<br> Short Definition: <b>thistle</b>. <b>...</b> <b>thistle</b>. Of uncertain derivation; a thorn -- <b>thistle</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1863.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2336.htm"><span class="l">2336. choach -- briar, bramble, hook, ring, fetter</span></a><br><b>...</b> bramble, <b>thistle</b>, thorn. From an unused root apparently meaning to pierce; a thorn;<br> by analogy, a ring for the nose -- bramble, <b>thistle</b>, thorn. 2335, 2336. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2336.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5621.htm"><span class="l">5621. sarab -- perhaps thorns</span></a><br><b>...</b> Usage thistles (1). brier. From an unused root meaning to sting; a <b>thistle</b> --<br> brier. 5620, 5621. sarab. 5622 . Strong's Numbers. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5621.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_9_how_amaziah_made.htm"><span class="l">How Amaziah Made an Expedition against the Edomites and Amalekites <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> There was a vastly tall cypress tree in Mount Lebanon, as also a <b>thistle</b>; this <b>thistle</b><br> sent to the cypress tree to give the cypress tree's daughter in marriage <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 9 how amaziah made.htm</font><p><a href="/library/arnobius/the_seven_books_of_arnobius_against_the_heathen/23_if_you_give_a.htm"><span class="l">If You Give a Grape to Him when Hungry...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> If you give a grape to him when hungry, a must-cake, an onion, a <b>thistle</b>, [3547]<br> a cucumber, a fig, will he know that his hunger can be appeased by all these <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/23 if you give a.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_5_1859/little_sins.htm"><span class="l">Little Sins</span></a> <br><b>...</b> one?". Years ago there was not a single <b>thistle</b> in the whole of Australia. <b>...</b> curse.<br> Take heed of the <b>thistle</b>-seed; little sins are like it. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/little sins.htm</font><p><a href="/library/moody/sowing_and_reaping/chapter_v_a_man_reaps.htm"><span class="l">A Man Reaps More than He Sows.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> One <b>thistle</b>-down which blew from the deck of a vessel is said to have covered<br> with thistles the entire surface of a South Sea island. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/moody/sowing and reaping/chapter v a man reaps.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_7/chapter_iitiglath-pileser_iii_and_the.htm"><span class="l">Tiglath-Pileser iii. And the Organisation of the Assyrian Empire <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> The latter, surprised at his audacity, replied in a parable, "The <b>thistle</b> that was<br> in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter iitiglath-pileser iii and the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_22_1876/christ_the_conqueror_of_satan.htm"><span class="l">Christ the Conqueror of Satan</span></a> <br><b>...</b> upon the serpent Not yet had the woman been condemned to painful travail, or the<br> man to exhausting labour, or even the soil to the curse of thorn and <b>thistle</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 22 1876/christ the conqueror of satan.htm</font><p><a href="/library/white/steps_to_christ/chapter_1_gods_love_for.htm"><span class="l">God's Love for Man</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The thorn and the <b>thistle</b>"the difficulties and trials that make his life one of<br> toil and care"were appointed for his good as a part of the training needful <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/white/steps to christ/chapter 1 gods love for.htm</font><p><a href="/library/watson/a_divine_cordial/the_best_things_work_for.htm"><span class="l">The Best Things Work for Good to the Godly</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Common blessings: all partake of these, the bad as well as the good; this<br> sweet dew falls upon the <b>thistle</b> as well as the rose. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a divine cordial/the best things work for.htm</font><p><a href="/library/moody/sowing_and_reaping/chapter_vii_forgiveness_and_retribution.htm"><span class="l">Forgiveness and Retribution.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Suppose I send my hired man to sow wheat. When it grows up, there are thistles mixed<br> with the wheat. There wasn'ta <b>thistle</b> a year ago. I say to my man: <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../moody/sowing and reaping/chapter vii forgiveness and retribution.htm</font><p><a href="/library/jones/spiritual_reformers_in_the_16th_and_17th_centuries/introduction.htm"><span class="l">Introduction</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Most of the Gnostic teachers, who in their flourishing time were as thick as<br> <b>thistle</b>-downs in summer, conceived of man as consisting of two "halves" which <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../jones/spiritual reformers in the 16th and 17th centuries/introduction.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/t/thistle.htm"><span class="l"><b>Thistle</b> (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> It is supposed to be a variety of the wild plum-tree, but by some it is regarded<br> as the common <b>thistle</b>, of which there are many varieties in Palestine. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/thistle.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/trode.htm"><span class="l">Trode (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Kings 14:9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying,<br> The <b>thistle</b> that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/trode.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/trampled.htm"><span class="l">Trampled (41 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Kings 14:9 Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying,<br> "The <b>thistle</b> that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/trampled.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/trod.htm"><span class="l">Trod (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Kings 14:9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying,<br> The <b>thistle</b> that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/trod.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/amazi'ah.htm"><span class="l">Amazi'ah (37 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Kings 14:9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying:<br> 'The <b>thistle</b> that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/amazi'ah.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/thistles.htm"><span class="l">Thistles (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The thorn and the <b>thistle</b> shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the<br> mountains: 'Cover us', and to the hills: 'Fall on us.' (See NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/thistles.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/thorn.htm"><span class="l">Thorn (30 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (1) 'aTadh (Judges 9:14, English Versions of the Bible "bramble," the King James<br> Version margin "<b>thistle</b>," the Revised Version margin "thorn"; Psalm 58:9 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/thorn.htm - 35k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/flesh.htm"><span class="l">Flesh (468 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (1) 'aTadh (Judges 9:14, English Versions of the Bible "bramble," the King James<br> Version margin "<b>thistle</b>," the Revised Version margin "thorn"; Psalm 58:9 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/flesh.htm - 69k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/amaziah.htm"><span class="l">Amaziah (41 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> To Amaziah's demand for reparation, Jehoash's answer was the contemptuous<br> one of the well-known parable of the <b>Thistle</b> and the Cedar. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/amaziah.htm - 30k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jeho'ash.htm"><span class="l">Jeho'ash (16 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Kings 14:9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying:<br> 'The <b>thistle</b> that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jeho'ash.htm - 11k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://clyx.com/term/thistle.htm">Thistle: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Thistle (3 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/14-9.htm">2 Kings 14:9</a></span><br />Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, "The <span class="boldtext">thistle</span> that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying,'Give your daughter to my son as wife. Then wild animal that was in Lebanon passed by, and trampled down the thistle.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/25-18.htm">2 Chronicles 25:18</a></span><br />Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The <span class="boldtext">thistle</span> that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son as wife: and there passed by a wild animal that was in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hosea/10-8.htm">Hosea 10:8</a></span><br />The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. The thorn and the <span class="boldtext">thistle</span> will come up on their altars. They will tell the mountains, "Cover us!" and the hills, "Fall on us!"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/t/thistle.htm">Thistle</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/t/thistle--a_noxious_plant.htm">Thistle: A Noxious Plant</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/t/thistle--parables_of.htm">Thistle: Parables of</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/trode.htm">Trode (8 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/trampled.htm">Trampled (41 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/trod.htm">Trod (14 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/amazi'ah.htm">Amazi'ah (37 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/thistles.htm">Thistles (9 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/thorn.htm">Thorn (30 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/flesh.htm">Flesh (468 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/amaziah.htm">Amaziah (41 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/jeho'ash.htm">Jeho'ash (16 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/fable.htm">Fable</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/cedar.htm">Cedar (61 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/jo'ash.htm">Jo'ash (44 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/l/lebanon.htm">Lebanon (66 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/wild.htm">Wild (147 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/n/nettle.htm">Nettle (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/thisbe.htm">Thisbe</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/trachonitis.htm">Trachonitis (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/down.htm">Down (12601 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/jehoash.htm">Jehoash (28 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/brier.htm">Brier (10 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/bramble.htm">Bramble (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/aven.htm">Aven (10 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/seed.htm">Seed (337 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/marriage.htm">Marriage (74 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/j/joash.htm">Joash (49 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/altars.htm">Altars (55 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/captivity.htm">Captivity (141 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/t/thisbe.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Thisbe"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Thisbe" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/t/thistle_and_cedar.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Thistle and Cedar"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Thistle and Cedar" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>