point or prickle

, esp. anything pointed in cl., a stake In Hellenistic vernacular, (cf. LXX, ll. c.): , (cf. MM, i., xxiii; , iii, 700 f.; Deiss., , 62 f.; Field, , 187).† a thorn σ. τῇ σαρκί II Co 12:7 DB St. Paul Notes

doorn

a stake or thorn; fig: a sharp affliction.

thorn

withered at the front, i.e. a point or prickle (figuratively, a bodily annoyance or disability)

thorn

σκόλοψ, -οπος, ὁ [in LXX: Num.33:55 (שֵׂךְ), Hos.2:6 (8) (סִיר), Eze.28:24 (סִלּוֹן), Sir.43:19 * ;] anything pointed, esp. 1. in cl., a stake 2. In Hellenistic vernacular, a thorn (cf. LXX, ll. with): σ. τῇ σαρκί, 2Co.12:7 (cf. MM, i., xxiii; DB, iii, 700 f.; Deiss., St. Paul, 62 f.; Field, Notes, 187).† (AS)