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(b) figuratively, of spiritual “thirst,” Matt. 5:6; John 4:14; 6:35; 7:37; in Rev. 21:6 and
22:17, “that is athirst.”
THIRTY, THIRTYFOLD
(
$ 1
, 5144) is usually rendered “thirty,” e.g., Matt. 13:23;
“thirtyfold,” in Matt. 13:8,
KJV
only; in Mark 4:8,
RV
only; in Mark 4:20,
KJV
and
RV
.
THIS, THESE
Note:
The singular and plural translate various forms of the following: (1)
$
,
which is used (a) as a noun, “this one,” followed by no noun, e.g., Matt. 3:17; translated
in Luke 2:34, “this
”; in 1 Cor. 5:3,
RV
, “this thing.” (
KJV
, “this deed”); for “this
fellow” see
FELLOW
,
Note
(3); in Acts 17:32 the
RV
rightly omits “
”; in Heb. 4:5
“ ” is italicized; it is frequently rendered “this man,” e.g., Matt. 9:3; John 6:52; “of
this sort,” 2 Tim. 3:6,
KJV
(
RV
, “of these”); (b) as an adjective with a noun, either with the
article and before it, e.g., Matt. 12:32, or after the noun (which is preceded by the article),
e.g., Matt. 3:9 and 4:3, “these stones”; or without the article often forming a predicate,
e.g., John 2:11; 2 Cor. 13:1; (2)
, “that one,” rendered “this” in Matt. 24:43; (3)
$
; “he,” rendered “this” in Matt. 11:14, lit., “he”; in John 12:7,
KJV
(
RV
, “it”); in the
feminine, Luke 13:16; (4) the article
, Matt. 21:21 ( , the neuter),
KJV
(
RV
, “what”); in
Rom. 13:9 (1st part); Gal. 5:14; Heb. 12:27, the article is virtually equivalent to “the
following.”
The demonstrative pronouns THAT and the plural THOSE translate the same
pronouns (1), (2), (3) mentioned above. In Heb. 7:21,
KJV
, “those” translates the article,
which requires the
RV
, “they.”
THISTLE
(
$&
, 5146) occurs in Matt. 7:16 and Heb. 6:8 (
KJV
, “briers”).¶ In the
Sept., Gen. 3:18; 2 Sam. 12:31; Prov. 22:5; Hos. 10:8.¶ Cf. THORNS.
For
THITHER, THITHERWARD
see
THERE
Note:
In John 7:34, 36,
KJV
,
$
, “where” (
RV
) is amplified by the italicized word
“thither.”
For
THONG
see
LATCHET
THORN, THORNS (of)
A. Nouns.
1.
(
/
, 173), “a brier, a thorn” (from
, “a point”), is always used in
the plural in the NT, Matt. 7:16 and parallel passage in Luke 6:44; Matt. 13:7 (twice), 22
and parallels in Mark and Luke; in Matt. 27:29 and John 19:2, of the crown of “thorns”
placed on Christ’s head (see also B) in mock imitation of the garlands worn by emperors.
They were the effects of the divine curse on the ground (Gen. 3:18; contrast Isa. 55:13).
The “thorns” of the crown plaited by the soldiers, are usually identified with those of the
#
$
)
, some 20 feet high or more, fringing the Jordan and abundant in