Thistle @ (1.) Heb. hoah ( 2Kings:14:9; Job:31:40). In Job:41:2 the Hebrew word is rendered "thorn," but in the Revised Version "hook." It is also rendered "thorn" in 2Chronicals:33:11; Proverbs:26:9; Cant. 2:2; "brambles" in Isaiah:34:13. It is supposed to be a variety of the wild plum-tree, but by some it is regarded as the common thistle, of which there are many varieties in Palestine. (2.) Heb. dardar, meaning "a plant growing luxuriantly" Genesis:3:18; Hosea:10:8); Gr. tribolos, "a triple point" Matthew:7:16; Hebrews:6:8, "brier," R.V. "thistle"). This was probably the star-thistle, called by botanists Centaurea calcitropa, or "caltrops," a weed common in corn-fields. (See THORNS
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