Thicket
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [1]
Isaiah 9:18 (b) This represents the people of Israel in their character before GOD. They were useless, harmful and injurious, instead of being profitable and attractive.
Jeremiah 4:7 (b) The word is used to illustrate the evil surroundings and the wicked society of the countries of Assyria, Babylonia and other foreign nations which were to invade Israel and lay it waste. A thicket has no value to a farmer, but is to be destroyed. So these enemies were eventually to be destroyed by the Lord.
King James Dictionary [2]
THICK'ET, n. A wood or collection of trees or shrubs closely set as a ram caught in a thicket. Genesis 22
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(a.) A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
thik´et ( סבך , ṣebhākh ( Genesis 22:13; Isaiah 9:18; Isaiah 10:34 ), or סבך , ṣōbhekh ( Jeremiah 4:7 ); in 1 Samuel 13:6 , חוח , ḥōaḥ ): A thick or dense growth of trees or shrubs (thorns, brambles), in which wild beasts may lurk ( Jeremiah 4:7 ), or animals be caught by their horns ( Genesis 22:13; Abraham's ram). See Forest .
