Dictionary Summary: Buckthorn, a place where Joseph and his brethren, when on their way from Egypt to Hebron with the remains of their father Jacob, made for seven days a “great and very sore lamentation.” On this account the Canaanites called it “Abel-mizraim” ([Gen. 50:10](/gen#Gen.50.10), [11](/gen#Gen.50.11)). It was probably near Hebron. The word is rendered “bramble” in [Judg. 9:14](/judg#Judg.9.14), [15](/judg#Judg.9.15), and “thorns” in [Ps. 58:9](/ps#Ps.58.9). ²