Strong's Greek · G5146
τρίβολος
tríbolos
brier, thistle
Definition
properly, a crow-foot (three-pronged obstruction in war), i.e. (by analogy) a thorny plant (caltrop)
Derivation
Appears 2 times in Scripture
Hebrews 6:8
“But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.”
Matthew 7:16
“By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).