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Nave Topical Bible
• Oak
Thompson Chain Reference
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Torrey Topical Textbook
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American Tract Society
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
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Holman Bible Dictionary
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
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King James Dictionary
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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People's Bible Dictionary
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Smith Bible Dictionary
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Wilson's Bible Types
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Webster Dictionary
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Oak
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Fair Oaks
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Augurs' Oak
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Oak
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Oaks, the
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Abraham's Oak
• Oak and Terebinth
Lexicons
• אַיִל אַיִל, אַיִל, אַיִל, אֵל, אֵל, , אֵל
• אֵלָה
• אַלָּה
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There are four Hebrew words so translated, but they are all apparentlyfrom 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 6:11,19; 2 Samuel 18:9-14; 1 Kings 13:14; 1 Chronicles 10:12; Isaiah 1:30; Ezekiel 6:13 .