{"query": "Easton: Thorn in the flesh", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_e3713c4d742c", "title": "Easton: Thorn in the flesh", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(2 Cor. 12:7-10). Many interpretations have been given of this passage. (1.) Roman Catholic writers think that it denotes suggestions to impiety. (2.) 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Heb. hedek (Prov. 15:19), rendered “brier” in Micah 7:4. Some thorny plant, of the Solanum family, suitable for hedges. This is probably the so-called “apple of Sodom,” which grows very abundantl", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_src_word_jerusalem_thorn", "title": "jerusalem thorn", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "jerusalem thorn: (noun) thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit — syn: Christ's-thorn, Paliurus spina-christi · (noun) spiny tree having dark red edible fruits — syn: jujube, jujube bush, Ch", "authority_tier": "reference", "source": "WordNet 3.0, Princeton University (WordNet License)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_src_taxon_58886", "title": "Parkinsonia aculeata — Jerusalem thorn", "shelf": "taxonomy", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Jerusalem thorn (Parkinsonia aculeata) — a species. 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The fourth time he did not ask, and learned: the thorn was the door through which grace had come.  — a concord the ca", "authority_tier": "engine_derived", "source": "Concordance miner — 2026-07-11", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_src_lex_g173", "title": "G173 — ἄκανθα (akantha): a thorn", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "ἄκανθα (akantha), Strong's G173: a thorn. ἄκανθα , -ης, ἡ (ἀκή, a point ), [in LXX chiefly for קוֹץ, also for סִיר, שַׁיִת, etc. ;] a prickly plant, thorn, brier ; in NT always pl.: Mat.7:16 13:7,22 2", "authority_tier": "reference", "source": "STEPBible TBESH/TBESG — Extended Strong's lexicon (CC-BY, Tyndale House)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_src_lex_g4647", "title": "G4647 — σκόλοψ (skolops): thorn", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "σκόλοψ (skolops), Strong's G4647: thorn. σκόλοψ , -οπος, ὁ [in LXX: Num.33:55 (שֵׂךְ), Hos.2:6 (8) (סִיר), Eze.28:24 (סִלּוֹן), Sir.43:19 * ;] anything pointed, esp. __1. in cl., a stake __2. 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McVeigh, Mrs. Miller", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Thorns of regret, by Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. Miller. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79130", "authority_tier": "reference", "source": "Project Gutenberg (public domain)", "readable": true, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_src_lex_h7063", "title": "H7063 — קִמָּשׂוֹן (qim.ma.shon): thorn", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "קִמָּשׂוֹן (qim.ma.shon), Strong's H7063: thorn. thistles or nettles, a thorny or useless plant Another spelling of qim.mosh (קִמּוֹשׂ \"nettle\" H7057)", "authority_tier": "reference", "source": "STEPBible TBESH/TBESG — Extended Strong's lexicon (CC-BY, Tyndale House)", "readable": false, "generated": false}]}