ἀκάνθινοςakánthinos
thorny
Greek (New Testament) · G174
Meanings
1. of thorns: Mark 15:17, John 19:5.
2. of acantha-wood.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Mark 15:17 They dressed him in a purple robe, and they wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head.
- John 19:5 Then Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said, “Look, here is the man!”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.