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This word occurs frequently, and is the translation of several different terms. (1.) Micah 7:4, Micah 7: it denotes a species of thorn shrub used for hedges. In Prov. 15:19 the word is rendered "thorn" (Heb. _hedek_, "stinging"), supposed by some to be what is called the "apple of Sodom" (q.v.). (2.) Ezek. 28:24, Ezek. 28: _sallon'_, properly a "prickle," such as is found on the shoots of the palm tree. (3.) Isa. 55:13, Isa. 55: probably simply a thorny bush. Some, following the Vulgate Version, regard it as the "nettle." (4.) Isa. 5:6;7:23, 7: etc., frequently used to denote thorny shrubs in general. 10:17;27:4, 27: it means troublesome men. (5.) In Heb. 6:8 the Greek word (tribolos) so rendered means "three-pronged," and denotes the land caltrop, a low throny shrub resembling in its spikes the military "crow-foot." Comp. Matt. 7:16, Matt. 7: "thistle."
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