Quick Definition
ἀκάνθινος, η, ον Adj made of thorns
Strong's Definition
from 173; thorny
KJV Usage: of thorns
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -η, -ον | ἄκανθα
3.18 · Plants · Plants That Are Not Trees
Collocation: ἀκάνθινον στέφανον
crown of thorns (derivative of ἄκανθα ‘thorn plant,’ 3.17) pertaining to being made or consisting of thorns; in the NT, only in the phrase ἀκάνθινον στέφανον, a crown made from a plant with sharp projections on its stem and/or branches; symbol of hardship It may be necessary to indicate that this crown of thorns is one made of ‘branches of a thorny bush,’ for the crown did not consist merely of thorns but of thorny vines or branches.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀκάνθινος, -ον, (ἄκανθα ; cf. auapdvtwos), thorny, woven out of the twigs of a thorny plant: Mk. xv. 17; Jn. xix. 5. ,([5. xxxiv. 13.) Cf. the preceding word.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀκάνθινος akanthinos 2x
thorny, made of thorns, Mk. 15:17; Jn. 19:5*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀκάνθινος, -ον
(< ἄκανθα), [in LXX: Is 34:13 (סיר)*;]
of thorns: Mk 15:17, Jo 19:5.
of acantha-wood (Hdt.; π. ap. MM, VGT, s.v.).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀκάνθινος (akanthinos) — thorny. ἀκάνθ-ινος, η, ον, of thorns, στέφανος[LXX+NT]
2. metaphorically, thorny, ἐν ἀ. ἀταρποῖς[Refs]
II. of shittah-wood, ἱστός[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἀ. cloths made of ἀκάνθιον[Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.2. ἀ. πάππος thistle-down, [Refs 1st c.AD+]