noun · masculine

tribolos

Greekτρίβολος (tribolos)

Strong’sG5146

a thistle

stem tribol-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

thistles2×

What it means

τρίβολος, -ου, ὁ

[in LXX: Ge 3:18, Ho 10:8 (דַּרְדַּר), II Ki 12:31 (חָרִיץ), Pr 22:5 (צֵן)*;]

a thistle: Mt 7:16, He 6:8.†

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

Strong’s G5146 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidtrib'-ol-os

properly, a crow-foot (three-pronged obstruction in war), i.e. (by analogy) a thorny plant (caltrop)

Fromfrom G5140 and G956;

King Jamesbrier, thistle.

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	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	tribolos	tribolois
object accusative	tribolon	triboloin1×τριβόλους
direct address vocative	tribolor	triboloir
of, belonging to genitive	tribolou	triboloiu1×τριβόλων
to, for dative	tribolo	triboloi

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

tribolstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

tribolo 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

triboloin“thistles”objectaccusative plural1×

Hebrews 6:8“thistles”ekferarōtas de akanthain kai triboloin adokimas kai katarau engus, hau tem telem eis kausian.But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.

triboloiu“thistles”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

Matthew 7:16“thistles”apo toiu karpoiu autoiu epignōskevi autoin. mēti sullegalō apo akanthaiu stafulain ē apo triboloiu sukeim?By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?