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Definition of Thorns
1. thorn [v] - See also: thorn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thorns
Literary usage of Thorns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament: Including the Biblical by Wilhelm Gesenius, Edward Robinson (1844)
"Poet, a thicket of thorns or briars is an emblem of wickedness, Nan. ... In former
editions I have referred C^B thorns to the root "6. as de- noting pp. ..."
2. Publications by Parish Register Society, London, London Parish Register Society, Florida State Historical Society, Deland, Deland Florida State Historical Society, Reparations Commission, North Carolina Historical Commission, Yorkshire Philosophical Society, Yorkshire (1897)
"R ¡chard sonne to thorns Burnett. ... thorns sonne to Henry Brome, ead. ...
John sonne to thorns Roberts ais Griffyn. 19. ..."
3. The History of Christianity by Henry Hart Milman (1840)
"Je*u> crowned with thorns and shown to the people. rods, the common Roman punishment
for minor offences, was inflicted with merciless severity. ..."
4. Trees that Every Child Should Know: Easy Tree Studies for All Seasons of the by Julia Ellen Rogers (1909)
"The honey locust scarcely conceals in summer the three-branched thorns, ...
Sometimes a honey locust has a crowded group of these thorns growing out of the ..."
5. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1885)
"Now, it might seem profane 5 for Him who rains to say, " I produced the fruits,
and the thorns that are in the earth ; " and yet, although profane, ..."
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