What does τρίβολος (tríbolos) mean in the Bible?
τρίβολος (tríbolos) is a Greek word meaning "thistle".
Greek · G5146
τρίβολος
Thistle
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τρίβολοςG5146
Pronunciationtríbolos
What does τρίβολος (tríbolos) mean in the Bible?
τρίβολος (tríbolos) is a Greek word meaning "thistle".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5146?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include thistles (2).
Where does τρίβολος (tríbolos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 7:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (1), Matthew (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 Itthistles2×Matthew 7:16, Hebrews 6:8
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 7:16
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew1Hebrews1
Source forms
τριβόλους1xtribolousHebrews 6:8
τριβόλων1xtribolōnMatthew 7:16
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural1xHebrews 6:8
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural1xMatthew 7:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. thistle
Strong'sG5146
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
thistle
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.
Matthew 7:16Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
τριβόλωνtribolwn
a thistle
Read verseHebrews 6:8Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
τριβόλους,tribolouv
a thistle
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 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · MasculineMatt 7:161×
Accusative · Plural · MasculineHeb 6:81×
Word Origins
τρίβολος is built from these roots: