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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

NETTLES

net'-'lz: (1) charul, (Job 30:7 Proverbs 24:31 Zephaniah 2:9 margin, in all, "wild vetches"); the translation "nettles" is due to the supposed derivations of charul from an (obsolete) charal, meaning "to be sharp" or "stinging," but a translation "thorns" (as in Vulgate) would in that case do as well. Septuagint has phrugana agria, "wild brushwood," in Job, and certainly the association with the "saltwort" and the retm, "broom," in the passage would best be met by the supposition that it means the low thorny bushes plentiful in association with these plants. "Vetch" is suggested by the Aramaic, but is very uncertain. (2) qimmosh (Isaiah 34:13 Hosea 9:6), and plural qimmeshonim (Proverbs 24:31), translated (English Versions of the Bible) "thorns," because of the translation of charul as "nettles" in the same verse From Isaiah 34:13 qimmosh is apparently distinct from thorns, and the translation "nettle" is very probable, as such neglected or deserted places as described in the three references readily become overgrown with nettles in Palestine The common and characteristic Palestine nettle is the Urtica pilulifera, so called from the globular heads of its flowers.

E. W. G. Masterman

Strong's Hebrew

7057. qimmos -- perhaps thistles
... 7056, 7057. qimmos. 7058 . perhaps thistles. Transliteration: qimmos
Phonetic Spelling: (kim-moshe') Short Definition: nettles. ...
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2738. charul -- (a kind of weed), perhaps chickpea
... 2737, 2738. charul. 2739 . (a kind of weed), perhaps chickpea. Transliteration:
charul Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-rool') Short Definition: nettles. ...
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Library

The Broken Fence
... "I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of
understanding; and to, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered ...
//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/sermons on proverbs/the broken fence.htm

The Sluggard's Garden
... And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof,
and the stone wall thereof was broken down.'"Proverbs 24:30, 31. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the sluggards garden.htm

The Sluggard's Farm
... "I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of
understanding; And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered ...
//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/sermons on proverbs/the sluggards farm.htm

The Savanna of Aripo
... gigantic pepper-trees, or the silvery leaves of the Calathea, the lofty bamboo,
or the fragrant Pothos, the curious Cyclanthus, or frowning nettles, some of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter xii the savanna of.htm

What the Flowers Say.
... your love. Some children are regular stinging nettles in a home, or a
school. They always make people uncomfortable. They sting ...
/.../the life of duty a years plain sermons v 2/sermon lxi what the flowers.htm

False Profession.
... The iniquity that cleaveth to men that profess, if they cast it not away, but
countenance it, will all prove nettles and briars to them; and I will assure thee ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the riches of bunyan/xx false profession.htm

An Exhortation to Love God
... Would it not vex one to lay out money upon a piece of ground which, instead of
bringing forth corn or grapes, should yield nothing but nettles? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a divine cordial/an exhortation to love god.htm

Degeneration
... "I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of
understanding; and lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered ...
/.../drummond/natural law in the spiritual world/degeneration.htm

That Evening Vergilius Went to Feast with the Young Herodian ...
... among them. There were oysters, mussels, spondyli, fieldfares with asparagus,
roe-ribs, sea-nettles, and purple shellfish. When ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/bacheller/vergilius/chapter 4 that evening vergilius.htm

The Prodigal and his Brother.
... to former majesty, to draw out to light from mere rubbish the ruined glories, and
therefore stooping down amongst the dank ivy and the rank nettles; such was ...
/.../robertson/sermons preached at brighton/xx the prodigal and his.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n. pl.) The halves of yarns in the unlaid end of a rope twisted for pointing or grafting.

2. (n. pl.) Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck beams.

3. (n. pl.) Reef points.

Thesaurus

Nettles (5 Occurrences)
... 2. (n. pl.) Small lines used to sling hammocks under the deck beams. 3. (n.
pl.) Reef points. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. NETTLES. ...
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Nettle (2 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 34:13 Thorns will come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in its fortresses;
and it will be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches. ...
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Thistles (9 Occurrences)
... Proverbs 24:31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was
covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down. ...
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Breed (6 Occurrences)
... mimshaq, a derivative of mesheq = "possession," "territory," "field." The passage
in question should therefore be translated "field of nettles" (the Revised ...
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Sting (5 Occurrences)
... The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. 2. (n.) A sharp-pointed
hollow hair seated on a gland which secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. ...
/s/sting.htm - 10k

Thorns (56 Occurrences)
... Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. ... Memphis
will bury them. Nettles will possess their pleasant things of silver. ...
/t/thorns.htm - 25k

Thorn (30 Occurrences)
... 118:12 Isaiah 32:13; Isaiah 33:12 Jeremiah 4:3; Jeremiah 12:13 Ezekiel 28:24 Hosea
10:8). (14) qimmosh (Proverbs 24:31, "thorns"; Isaiah 34:13; Ho 9:6, "nettles...
/t/thorn.htm - 35k

Network (19 Occurrences)

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Flesh (468 Occurrences)
... 118:12 Isaiah 32:13; Isaiah 33:12 Jeremiah 4:3; Jeremiah 12:13 Ezekiel 28:24 Hosea
10:8). (14) qimmosh (Proverbs 24:31, "thorns"; Isaiah 34:13; Ho 9:6, "nettles...
/f/flesh.htm - 69k

Undergrowth (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Undergrowth (2 Occurrences). Job 30:7 Among the bushes
they bray; under the nettles they are gathered together. (See NIV). ...
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Bible Concordance

Nettles (5 Occurrences)

Job 30:7 Among the bushes they bray; and under the nettles they are gathered together.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Proverbs 24:31 Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Isaiah 34:13 Thorns will come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in its fortresses; and it will be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 9:6 For, behold, they have gone away from destruction. Egypt will gather them up. Memphis will bury them. Nettles will possess their pleasant things of silver. Thorns will be in their tents.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Zephaniah 2:9 Therefore as I live, says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the survivors of my nation will inherit them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Nettles

Nettles: An Obnoxious Plant

Nettles: Figurative

Related Terms

Nettle (2 Occurrences)

Thistles (9 Occurrences)

Breed (6 Occurrences)

Sting (5 Occurrences)

Thorns (56 Occurrences)

Thorn (30 Occurrences)

Network (19 Occurrences)