# G173 ἄκανθα

ἄκανθα (ákantha), Strong’s G173: a thorn KJV: thorn. Occurs 40 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G173 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*ákantha* — a thorn

KJV: thorn

Derived from [ἀκμήν akmḗn](https://besorah.bible/word/G188) (adverbially, just now, i.e. still)

Occurs 40 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 7:16](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/7?v=16) — By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
- [Matthew 13:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/13?v=7) — Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.
- [Matthew 13:22](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/13?v=22) — What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of…
- [Matthew 27:29](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/27?v=29) — They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him…
- [Mark 4:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/4?v=7) — Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
- [Mark 4:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/4?v=18) — Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,
- [Luke 6:44](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/6?v=44) — For each tree is known by its own fruit. For people don’t gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a…
- [Luke 8:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/8?v=7) — Some fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it.
- [Luke 8:14](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/8?v=14) — What fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares…
- [John 19:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/19?v=2) — The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple garment.