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Oak
Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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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: ÃavuÅlar 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
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Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​o/oak.html. 2024.