(1.) Hebrew _atad_, Judg. 9:14; rendered "thorn," Psa 58:9. The LXX. and Vulgate render by rhamnus, a thorny shrub common in Palestine, resembling the hawthorn.
(2.) Hebrew _hoah_, Isa. 34:13 (R.V. "thistles"); "thickets" in 1-Sam 13:6; "thistles" in 2-Kings 14:9, 2-Kings 14: 2-Chr 25:18, 2-Chr 25: Job 31:40; "thorns" in 2-Chr 33:11, 2-Chr 33: 2:2, 2: Hos. 9:6. The word may be regarded as denoting the common thistle, of which there are many species which encumber the corn-fields of Palestine. (See THORNS.)