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Tulip Sharon

Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects

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Comments: One plant commonly called "rose of Sharon" in the US is Hibiscus syriacus, here seen in bloom.

 

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Comments: Tulipa agenensis in Israel

 

Tulip Sharon. Tulipa agenensis. השרון שושנתhă-ḇatseleṯ ha-Šārōn - Strongs: H2261 - Strongs: H8289.

From Easton: Rose - Many varieties of the rose proper are indigenous to Syria. The famed rose of Damascus is white, but there are also red and yellow roses. In Song of Solomon 2:1 and Isaiah 35:1 the Hebrew word _habatstseleth_ (found only in these passages), rendered "rose" (R.V. marg., "autumn crocus"), is supposed by some to mean the oleander, by others the sweet-scented narcissus (a native of Palestine), the tulip, or the daisy; but nothing definite can be affirmed regarding it.

The "rose of Sharon" is probably the cistus or rock-rose, several species of which abound in Palestine. "Mount Carmel especially abounds in the cistus, which in April covers some of the barer parts of the mountain with a glow not inferior to that of the Scottish heather." (See MYRRH [2].)

Verses:

  • Song of Solomon 2:1
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​t/tulip-sharon.html. 2024.
 
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