חֵדֶקchêdeq/khay'-dek/
HebrewH23122 occurrences (KJV)
a prickly plant
KJV renders it: brier, thorn.
Where it appears
- Prov 15:19The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
- Mic 7:4The best of them is like a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, even your visitation, has come; now is the time of their confusion.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.