The corpus record

ἀκάνθ-ινος

akanthinos

of thorns, thorny, of shittah-wood

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Where it lives

Mark 1 · 0.91/10k
John 1 · 0.65/10k
Isaias 1 · 0.38/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ἀκάνθ-ινος · akanth-inos — LSJ

of thorns

of thorns, στέφανος Ev.Marc. 15.17, Jo. 19.5.

2 thorny

metaph., thorny, ἐν ἀ. ἀταρποῖς Anacreont. 53.12.

II of shittah-wood, made of ἀκάνθιον 2

of shittah-wood, ἱστός Hdt. 2.96; ξύλα PLond. 3.1177.191 (ii A. D.); τὰ ἀ. cloths made of ἀκάνθιον 2, Str. 3.5.10.

2 thistle-down

ἀ. πάππος thistle-down, Dsc. 4.81.

In the wild

ἀκανθίνῳ · akanthinōi Herodotus, Histories 2.96.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2211)
ἀκάνθινον · akanthinon New Testament, John 19.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1015)
ἀκάνθινον · akanthinon New Testament, Mark 15.17 (DIORISIS sentence 732)
ἀκάνθινα · akanthina Septuaginta, Isaias 34

Where it came from

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