What does ἀκάνθινος (akánthinos) mean in the Bible?
ἀκάνθινος (akánthinos): Made of thorns; used of Jesus's crown, symbolizing shame and suffering intertwined with kingship.
Greek · G174
ἀκάνθινος
Thorny
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ἀκάνθινος G174
Pronunciation akánthinos
What does ἀκάνθινος (akánthinos) mean in the Bible?
ἀκάνθινος (akánthinos): Made of thorns; used of Jesus's crown, symbolizing shame and suffering intertwined with kingship.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G174?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include of thorns (2).
Where does ἀκάνθινος (akánthinos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 15:17. Its strongest book concentrations include John (1), Mark (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It of thorns 2× Mark 15:17, John 19:5
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Usage map
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First aligned row Mark 15:17
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Mark 1 John 1
Source forms
ἀκάνθινον 2x akanthinon Mark 15:17, John 19:5
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 2x Mark 15:17, John 19:5
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Made of thorns; used of Jesus's crown, symbolizing shame and suffering intertwined with kingship.
Strong's G174
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
thorny
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 15:17 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
ἀκάνθινον akanqinon
made of thorns
Read verse John 19:5 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
ἀκάνθινον akanqinon
made of thorns
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Mark 15:17 · John 19:5 2×
Word Origins
ἀκάνθινος is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain