Bible Dictionary
Brier
A brier is a thorny or prickly plant, including various shrubs, thistles, and the land-caltrop. Briers symbolize desolation, barrenness, and troublesome people or circumstances.
Biblical Usage
Briers and thorny shrubs symbolize desolation, barrenness, and troublesome people. The land caltrop is used in a comparison involving plants that cannot yield useful fruit.
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