The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ἄκανθα

Lemmaἄκανθα
Citation formἄκανθα, ης, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa thorn-bush
Strong’sG0173
Transliterationákantha
Definitiona thorn
KJV glosses:--thorn.
Derivationprobably from the same as
SBLGNT occurrences11

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἄκανθαι
noun, nominative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----NPF-)Matthew 13:7
noun, nominative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----NPF-)Mark 4:7
noun, nominative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----NPF-)Luke 8:7
ἀκάνθας
noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-)Matthew 13:22
noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-)Matthew 13:7
noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-)Mark 4:18
noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-)Mark 4:7
noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-)Luke 8:14
noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-)Hebrews 6:8
ἀκανθῶν
noun, genitive, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----GPF-)Matthew 27:29
noun, genitive, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----GPF-)Matthew 7:16
noun, genitive, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----GPF-)Luke 6:44
noun, genitive, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----GPF-)Luke 8:7
noun, genitive, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----GPF-)John 19:2

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: ακανθα.