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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Chestnut Tree

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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(Heb. 'Armon; I.e., "naked"), mentioned in connection with Jacob's artifice regarding the cattle ( Genesis 30:37 ). It is one of the trees of which, because of its strength and beauty, the Assyrian empire is likened (Ezekiel 31:8; RSV, "plane trees"). It is probably the Oriental plane tree (Platanus orientalis) that is intended. It is a characteristic of this tree that it annually sheds its outer bark, becomes "naked." The chestnut tree proper is not a native of Palestine.

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Chestnut Tree'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​c/chestnut-tree.html. 1897.
 
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