Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/荊棘

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
荊 棘
いばら
Hyōgai Hyōgai
irregular

Etymology

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Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 荊棘 (“thorny plants”), a term which decomposes into 荊 (“thorns”) + 棘 (“thorns”), to native Japanese word or the same meaning いばら (ibara, “thorny plants, thorns”).

Noun

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荊棘 (いばら)[1](ibara) → 茨(いばら) (ibara), 荊(いばら) (ibara), 棘(いばら) (ibara), 荊棘(けいきょく) (keikyoku)

  1. thorns

Quotations

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  1. ^ OT, page 4:
    土(つち)は荊棘(いばら)と薊(あざみ)とを汝(なんぢ)のために生(しやう)ずべしまた汝(なんぢ)は野(の)の草蔬(くさ)を食(くら)ふべし
    Tsuchi wa ibara to azami to wo nanji no tame ni shozubeshi mata nanji wa no no kusa wo kuraubeshi
    Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field
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