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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
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Scofield Reference Index
• Branch
Thompson Chain Reference
• Palm Branches
• Branch, Christ
The Topic Concordance
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Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Branch
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
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Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Branch
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Branch
Hastings' BibleDictionary
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King James Dictionary
• Branch
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Branch, the
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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• Seven-Branched Candlestick
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
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People's Bible Dictionary
• Branch
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Branch
Wilson's Bible Types
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Webster Dictionary
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
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Branch. This word is often used figuratively in Scripture. A branch is a descendant from a tree the parent, Isaiah 11:1; or it signifies one united to or dependent upon another. Thus, Christ is the vine; and his disciples are the branches. John 15:5. Hence Paul's metaphor, Romans 11:17-24, is easily understood. Beside the more general symbolical meaning, the term "branch" is sometimes specifically applied to the Messiah, as in Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 33:15, where the promise runs that, from David's royal stock, a branch of righteousness, a righteous descendant, shall spring. And the same exalted personage is again predicted, Zechariah 3:8; Zechariah 6:12, the branch that shall grow and flourish, and become glorious, and endure for ever.