Strong’s G4647 · Greek
σκόλοψ
skólops · skol'-ops
Origin perhaps from the base of σκέλος (G4628) and ὀπτάνομαι (G3700);
Meaning withered at the front, i.e. a point or prickle (figuratively, a bodily annoyance or disability)
In the King James Version thorn.
In 1 verse of the King James Version
- 2 Corinthians 12:7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.