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Credit: Davidbena

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Comments: Palestine oak native to Israel (Quercus coccifera subsp. calliprinos)

 

Credit: Gideon Pisanty (Gidip)

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Comments: Old sacred tree of Quercus calliprinos at Shajarat Al Arba'in (Horshat Ha'arba'im), Mount Carmel, Israel, November 20, 2008

 

Credit: Yılmaz Kilim

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Leaves and fruit (acorns) of an oak. Ca. 15 km southeast of Gülnar, in southern Turkey.

The photographer's description of the locality: Çavuşlar Köyü, Gülnar

Oak. Quercus calliprinos. אלונ’allōn - Strongs: H437, ’êlôn - Strongs: H436, אלּה’allâh - Strongs: H427.

From Morrish: Oak.
There are four Hebrew words so translated, but they are all apparently from the same root, signifying 'strong, hardy,' and are mostly applied to the oak, which lives to a great age. Three species of the Quercus are known in Palestine, the pseudo-coccifera, aegilops, and infectoria. It is symbolical of strength, and affords shade from the heat of the sun. Genesis 35:8; Joshua 24:26; Isaiah 1:29; Isaiah 2:13; Ezekiel 27:6; Hosea 4:13; Amos 2:9; Zechariah 11:2. The word elah is judged to refer to the terebinth (pistacia terebinthus), though generally translated oak. Genesis 35:4; Judges 6:11, Judges 6:19; 2 Samuel 18:9-142 Samuel 18:9-14; 1 Kings 13:141 Kings 13:14; 1 Chronicles 10:121 Chronicles 10:12; Isaiah 1:30; Ezekiel 6:13.

Verses:

  • Genesis 12:6
  • Genesis 13:18
  • Genesis 14:13
  • Genesis 18:1
  • Genesis 35:4
  • Genesis 35:8
  • Deuteronomy 11:30
  • Joshua 24:26
  • Judges 4:11
  • Judges 6:19
  • Judges 9:6
  • Judges 9:37
  • 1 Samuel 10:3
  • 2 Samuel 18:9
  • 2 Samuel 18:10
  • 2 Samuel 18:14
  • 1 Kings 13:14
  • 1 Chronicles 10:12
  • Isaiah 1:29
  • Isaiah 1:30
  • Isaiah 2:13
  • Isaiah 6:13
  • Isaiah 44:14
  • Isaiah 61:3
  • Ezekiel 6:13
  • Ezekiel 27:6
  • Hosea 4:13
  • Amos 2:9
  • Zechariah 11:2
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​o/oak.html. 2024.
 
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