Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Thorns and Thistles Fig. 330Thorn Bush: Zizyphus Spina Christ There are a considerable number of words in Scripture which have been considered to indicate brambles, briers, thorns, thistles. Rabbinical writers state that there are no less than twenty-two words in the Bible signifying thorny and prickly plants; but some of these are probably so interpreted … Continue reading “Thorns and Thistles”

THORNS See THISTLES. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Thorns THORNS.Palestine is unusually rich in acanthous plants. As many as 50 genera and 200 species occur in Palestine and Syria, besides a multitude clothed with scabrous, strigose, or stinging hairs, and another multitude with prickly fruits (Post in Hasting’s Dictionary of the Bible iv. 753). … Continue reading “THORNS”

Thorney Abbey (i.e. “the isle of thorns”, anciently called ANCARIG). Thorney Abbey, in Cambridgeshire, England, was for some three centuries the seat of Saxon hermits, or of anchorites living in community, before it was refounded in 972 for Benedictine monks by Ethelwold, Bishop of Winchester, with the aid of King Edgar. The founder brought thither … Continue reading “Thorney Abbey”

Thorneborough (or Thornburgh), John, B.D an English divine of the 17th century, was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire, educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, was preferred bishop of Limerick in 1593, dean of York in 1603, bishop of Bristol in 1617, at the same time holding his deanery and his Irish bishopric in commendam with it. He … Continue reading “Thorneborough (or Thornburgh), John, B.D”

Thorne, John, Blessed Martyr , died Glastonbury, England , 1539. He was a monk at Glastonbury, and was tortured with the Abbot Whiting, being fastened to hurdles, dragged by horses to the top of Tor Hill, and hanged. Beatified , 1895. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Thorne, James an eminent minister of. the Bible Christians, was born at Shebbear, Devonshire, England, September 21, 1795. At an early age he was converted, and in 1816 entered the ministry. By nature and grace he was peculiarly fitted to be a leading spirit in the Connection. His gifts were diversified, his piety deep, his … Continue reading “Thorne, James”

Thorndike, Herbert a learned English divine, was educated in Trinity College, Cambridge, and became proctor of that university in 1638. In July, 1642, he was admitted to the rectory of Barley, Hertfordshire; and in September, 1643, was elected master of Sidney College, Cambridge, but was prevented from occupying that position, it being secured by a … Continue reading “Thorndike, Herbert”

Thorn, Thorns (of) “a brier, a thorn” (from ake, “a point”), is always used in the plural in the NT, Mat 7:16 and parallel passage in Luk 6:44; Mat 13:7 (twice), Mat 13:22 and parallels in Mark and Luke; in Mat 27:29; Joh 19:2, of the crown of “thorns” placed on Christ’s head (see also … Continue reading “Thorn, Thorns (of)”

Thorn In The Flesh See Paul. Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church Thorn In The Flesh ( ), an infliction (a messenger of Satan to buffet me ) mentioned by Paul as an offset to his extraordinary revelations (2Co 12:7). The expression has called forth very many, and some very absurd, conjectures (see the commentators, … Continue reading “Thorn in the Flesh”

Thorn-hedge ( , mesukah; ;for , or perhaps simply from the interlacing of the briers; Sept. ; Vulg. sepes), a hedge-row of thorny plants (Mic 7:4). The formidable character of-the thorny thickets in Palestine is noted by almost every traveler. Near Jericho Mr. Tristram records as the principal tree the Zizyphus spina Christi, growing twenty, … Continue reading “Thorn-hedge”