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Headword:
*(ra/mnos
Adler number: rho,31
Translated headword: thorn-bush
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning a] very big acanthus-like plant.[1] Scripture calls every [kind of] sin an acanthus.[2]
Greek Original:*(ra/mnos: a)kanqw=des futo\n me/giston. pa=san de\ a(marti/an a)/kanqan kalei= h( *grafh/.
Notes:
[1] Similarly glossed in other lexica. According to LSJ s.v., r(a/mnos can refer to several different thorny plants.
[2] cf. Theodoret (PG 80.1301a) on Psalm 57.10 LXX.
Keywords: botany; Christianity; definition; ethics; imagery; religion
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 28 January 2010@00:29:23.
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