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flou´ẽ̱rz (BLOOM, BLOSSOM , etc.):

(1) גּבעל , gibh‛ōl , literally, "a small cup," hence, calyx or corolla of a flower (Exodus 9:31 , "The flax was in bloom").

(2) נץ , nēc (Genesis 40:10 , נצּה , niccāh , "a flower" or "blossom"; Job 15:33; Isaiah 18:5 ). These words are used of the early berries of the vine or olive.

(3) נצּן , niccān , "a flower"; plural only, נצּנים , niccānı̄m (Song of Solomon 2:12 , "The flowers appear on the earth").

(4) פרח , peraḥ , root to "burst forth" expresses an early stage of flowering; "blossom" (Isaiah 5:24; Isaiah 18:5 ); "flower" (Nahum 1:4 , "The flower of Lebanon languisheth"). Used of artificial flowers in candlesticks (Exodus 25:31 ).

(5) ציץ , cı̄c , "flower" (Isaiah 40:6 ); plural צצּים , ciccı̄m , flowers as architectural ornaments (1 Kings 6:18 ); ציצה , cı̄cāh , "the fading flower of his glorious beauty" (Isaiah 28:1 , Isaiah 28:4; also Numbers 17:8; Job 14:2 , etc.).

(6) ἄνθος , ánthos , in Septuagint equivalent of all the Hebrew words (James 1:10 , James 1:11; 1 Peter 1:24 ).

The beauty of the profusion of flowers which cover Palestine every spring receives but scant reference in the Old Testament; Song of Solomon 2:12 is perhaps the only clear reference. It is noticeable that the native of Syria thinks little of flowers unless it be for their perfume. our Lord's reference to the flowers ("lilies") is well known ( Matthew 6:28; Luke 12:27 ). For details of the flowers of modern Palestine, see BOTANY . The aptness of the expression "flower of the field" for a type of the evanescence of human life (Job 14:2; Psalm 103:15; Isaiah 40:6; James 1:10 ) is the more impressive in a land like Palestine where the annual display of wild flowers, so glorious for a few short weeks, is followed by such desolation. The fresh and brilliant colors fade into masses of withered leaves (not uncommonly cleared by burning), and then even these are blown, away, so that but bare, cracked and baked earth remains for long months where once all was beauty, color and life.