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The Hebrew name, Oren, occurs only once in Scripture, and is variously translated; but from the manner in which it is introduced, it is impossible to determine whether any of the translations are correct. The oren is mentioned with other trees, of whose timber idols were made, in : 'He heweth him down cedars (eres)and taketh the cypress (tirzah), and the oak (allon), which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest; he planteth an ash (oren), and the rain doth nourish it.' Though the English version renders it ash, others consider pine-tree to be the correct translation; but for neither does there appear to be any decisive proof, nor for the rubus or bramble, adopted for oren in the fable of the Cedar and Rubus.