What does τρίβολος (tríbolos) mean in the Bible?
τρίβολος (tríbolos) is a Greek word meaning "thistle".
Greek · G5146
τρίβολος
Thistle
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τρίβολος G5146
Pronunciation tríbolos
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 It thistles 2× 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 row Matthew 7:16
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
τριβόλους 1x tribolous Hebrews 6:8
τριβόλων 1x tribolōn Matthew 7:16
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Hebrews 6:8
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 7:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. thistle
Strong's G5146
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
thistle
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.
Matthew 7:16 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
τριβόλων tribolwn
a thistle
Read verse Hebrews 6:8 Noun 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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 7:16 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Heb 6:8 1×
Word Origins
τρίβολος is built from these roots:
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