# קוֹץ (qots)

Israeli respelling: qots. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6975. 12 Old Testament occurrences.

a thorn

King James renderings: thorn.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/qots-h6975

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 3:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/3/18) — Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
- [Exodus 22:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/22/6) — If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kind…
- [Judges 8:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/8/7) — And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of t…
- [Judges 8:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/8/16) — And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
- [2 Samuel 23:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/23/6) — But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
- [Psalms 118:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/118/12) — They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
- [Isaiah 32:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/32/13) — Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
- [Isaiah 33:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/33/12) — And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
- [Jeremiah 4:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/4/3) — For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
- [Jeremiah 12:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/12/13) — They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your reve…
- [Ezekiel 28:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/28/24) — And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despise…
- [Hosea 10:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/10/8) — The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shal…