- Original: τρίβολος - Transliteration: Tribolos - Phonetic: trib'-ol-os - Definition: 1. a thistle, a prickly wild plant, hurtful to other plants - Origin: from G5140 and G956 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From G5140 and G956 ; properly a crow foot (three pronged obstruction in war) that is (by analogy) a thorny plant (caltrop): - brier thistle. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • briars, 1 Hebrews 6:8