# חֵדֶק (chedeq)

Israeli respelling: che-deq. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2312. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

a prickly plant

King James renderings: brier, thorn.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chedeq-h2312

## Occurrences

- [Proverbs 15:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/15/19) — The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
- [Micah 7:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/7/4) — The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shal…