חֵדֶקchêdeq
brier (Micah 7:4; Proverbs 15:19)
Pronunciation: khay'-dek · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2312
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Proverbs 15:19 A lazy person’s way is blocked with briers, but the path of the upright is an open highway.
- Micah 7:4 Even the best of them is like a brier; the most honest is as dangerous as a hedge of thorns. But your judgment day is coming swiftly now. Your time of punishment is here, a time of confusion.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).