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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ἀκάνθινοςG174
Pronunciationakánthinos
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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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 Itof thorns2×Mark 15:17, John 19:5
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Usage map
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First aligned rowMark 15:17
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Mark1John1
Source forms
ἀκάνθινον2xakanthinonMark 15:17, John 19:5
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular2xMark 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'sG174
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
thorny
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 15:17Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
ἀκάνθινονakanqinon
made of thorns
Read verseJohn 19:5Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
ἀκάνθινονakanqinon
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 patterns1Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · MasculineMark 15:17 · John 19:52×
Word Origins
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