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It conveys the idea of something that is troublesome, obstructive, or indicative of a curse.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israel, thorns and briers were common in the landscape, especially in neglected or desolate areas. They were often seen as a symbol of the land's curse or neglect, reflecting the consequences of disobedience to God. In an agrarian society, thorns were a significant hindrance to farming and cultivation, representing the struggle against nature and the need for diligent stewardship of the land.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>perhaps from <a href="/hebrew/7896.htm">shith</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>thornbushes<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>thorns (7).<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">שַׁ֫יִת</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun [masculine] collective</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>thorn-bushes</b></font> (connection with above √ dubious; Dietr<sup>Abh.73</sup> compare (improbable) <font class="hebrew2">שׁאה</font> <em>devastate</em>, <font class="hebrew2">אִיָּה</font> <em>ruin</em>, whence <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">שׁ</font> wild, rough growth); — always with <font class="hebrew2">שָׁמִיר</font>: absolute <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">שׁ</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/7-23.htm">Isaiah 7:23,24</a>; <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/9-17.htm">Isaiah 9:17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/27-4.htm">Isaiah 27:4</a> (compare Du); <font class="hebrew2">שָׁ֑יִת</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/5-6.htm">Isaiah 5:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/7-25.htm">Isaiah 7:25</a>; suffix <font class="hebrew2">שִׁיתוֺ</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/10-17.htm">Isaiah 10:17</a> (figurative of Assyr.). <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>thorns <p>From <a href="/hebrew/7896.htm">shiyth</a>; scrub or trash, i.e. Wild growth of weeds or briers (as if put on the field) -- thorns. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/7896.htm">shiyth</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וְלַשַּׁ֖יִת וָשַׁ֖יִת וָשָׁ֑יִת ולשית ושית שִׁית֥וֹ שַׁ֙יִת֙ שית שיתו ša·yiṯ šayiṯ shayit shiTo šî·ṯōw šîṯōw vaShayit velashShayit wā·ša·yiṯ wā·šā·yiṯ wāšayiṯ wāšāyiṯ wə·laš·ša·yiṯ wəlaššayiṯ<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/isaiah/5-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 5:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְעָלָ֥ה שָׁמִ֖יר <b> וָשָׁ֑יִת </b> וְעַ֤ל הֶעָבִים֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> But briars <span class="itali">and thorns</span> will come<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> briers <span class="itali">and thorns:</span> I will also command<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/5-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will come briars <span class="itali">and thorns</span> and the clouds<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/7-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 7:23</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/7.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כָּ֑סֶף לַשָּׁמִ֥יר <b> וְלַשַּׁ֖יִת </b> יִֽהְיֶֽה׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> will become briars <span class="itali">and thorns.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> it shall [even] be for briers <span class="itali">and thorns.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/7-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> silver briars <span class="itali">and thorns</span> will become<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/7-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 7:24</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/7.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כִּי־ שָׁמִ֥יר <b> וָשַׁ֖יִת </b> תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה כָל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the land will be briars <span class="itali">and thorns.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> shall become briers <span class="itali">and thorns.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/7-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> because will be briars <span class="itali">and thorns</span> become all<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/7-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 7:25</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/7.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יִרְאַ֖ת שָׁמִ֣יר <b> וָשָׁ֑יִת </b> וְהָיָה֙ לְמִשְׁלַ֣ח</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of briars <span class="itali">and thorns;</span> but they will become<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of briers <span class="itali">and thorns:</span> but it shall be for the sending forth<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/7-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> fear of briars <span class="itali">and thorns</span> will become A place<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/9-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 9:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">רִשְׁעָ֔ה שָׁמִ֥יר <b> וָשַׁ֖יִת </b> תֹּאכֵ֑ל וַתִּצַּת֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> briars <span class="itali">and thorns;</span> It even sets<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the briers <span class="itali">and thorns,</span> and shall kindle<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/9-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> wickedness briars <span class="itali">and thorns</span> consumes sets<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/10-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 10:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/10.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּבָעֲרָ֗ה וְאָֽכְלָ֛ה <b> שִׁית֥וֹ </b> וּשְׁמִיר֖וֹ בְּי֥וֹם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and devour <span class="itali">his thorns</span> and his briars<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and devour <span class="itali">his thorns</span> and his briers<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/10-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will burn and devour <span class="itali">his thorns</span> and his briars day<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/27-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 27:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/27.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יִתְּנֵ֜נִי שָׁמִ֥יר <b> שַׁ֙יִת֙ </b> בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה אֶפְשְׂעָ֥ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/27.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Me briars <span class="itali">[and] thorns</span> in battle,<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/27.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the briers <span class="itali">[and] thorns</span> against me in battle?<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/27-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> give briars <span class="itali">thorns</span> battle step<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7898.htm">7 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7898.htm">Strong's Hebrew 7898<br>7 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/shayit_7898.htm">ša·yiṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/shito_7898.htm">šî·ṯōw — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vashayit_7898.htm">wā·šā·yiṯ — 4 Occ.</a><br><a 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