adjective

akanthinos

Greekἀκάνθινος (akanthinos)

Strong’sG174

made of thorns

stem akanthin-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

of thorns2×

What it means

ἀκάνθινος, -ον

(< ἄκανθα), [in LXX: Is 34:13 (סיר)*;]

1. of thorns: Mk 15:17, Jo 19:5.

2. of acantha-wood (Hdt.; π. ap. MM, VGT, s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G174 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidak-an'-thee-nos

thorny

Fromfrom G173;

King Jamesof thorns.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	akanthinos	akanthinas	akanthinem	akanthinois	akanthinais	akanthineim
object accusative	akanthinon2×ἀκάνθινον	akanthinan		akanthinoin	akanthinain
direct address vocative	akanthinor	akanthinar		akanthinoir	akanthinair
of, belonging to genitive	akanthinou	akanthinau	akanthineu	akanthinoiu	akanthinaiu	akanthineiu
to, for dative	akanthino	akanthina	akanthine	akanthinoi	akanthinai	akanthinei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

akanthinstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

akanthin is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

akanthinon“of thorns”objectaccusative singular2×

Mark 15:17“of thorns”kai endiduskalō auton porfuran kai peritithalō auto plekaratois akanthinon stefanon;They dressed Him in a purple robe, twisted together a crown of thorns, and set it on His head.

John 19:5“of thorns”exerchata oun tos Iēsus exō, forarōtos ton akanthinon stefanon kai tem porfurouem himatiem. kai legatō autoi; Idou tos anthrōpos.When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”