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Leaf. The word occurs, in the Authorized Version, either in singular or plural number in three different senses.

1. Leaf of a tree. The righteous are often compared to green leaves. Jeremiah 17:8. The ungodly, on the other hand, are "as an oak whose leaf fadeth." Isaiah 1:30.

2. Leaves of doors. The Hebrew word, which occurs very many times in the Bible, and which in 1 Kings 6:32 (margin) and 1 Kings 6:34 is translated "leaves", in the Authorized Version, signifies beams, ribs, sides, etc.

3. Leaves of a book or roll occurs in this sense only in Jeremiah 36:23. The Hebrew word (literally doors) would perhaps be more correctly translated columns.

Bibliography Information
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Leaf'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​l/leaf.html. 1901.
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