{"query": "Easton: Palm tree", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_3fb94a85bd2c", "title": "Easton: Palm tree", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. tamar), the date-palm characteristic of Palestine. It is described as “flourishing” (Ps. 92:12), tall (Cant. 7:7), “upright” (Jer. 10:5). Its branches are a symbol of victory (Rev. 7:9). “Rising"}, {"id": "card_n_fe3357b6316b", "title": "Easton: Allon-bachuth", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Oak of weeping, a tree near Bethel, at the spot where Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, was buried (Gen. 35:8). Large trees, from their rarity in the plains of Palestine, were frequently designated as landmar"}, {"id": "card_n_ee40161c27ff", "title": "Easton: Date", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The fruit of a species of palm (q.v.), the Phoenix dactilifera. This was a common tree in Palestine (Joel 1:12; Neh. 8:15). Palm branches were carried by the Jews on festive occasions, and especially "}, {"id": "card_n_7c2a0a52379d", "title": "Easton: Baal-tamar", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Lord of palm trees, a place in the tribe of Benjamin near Gibeah of Saul (Judg. 20:33). It was one of the sanctuaries or groves of Baal. Probably the palm tree of Deborah (Judg. 4:5) is alluded to in "}, {"id": "card_n_c5ddce835587", "title": "Easton: Bay tree", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Named only in Ps. 37:35, Authorized Version. The Hebrew word so rendered is ereh, which simply means “native born”, i.e., a tree not transplanted, but growing on its native soil, and therefore luxuria"}, {"id": "card_n_3b62d04cb5fd", "title": "Easton: Ash", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. o’ren, “tremulous”), mentioned only Isa. 44:14 (R.V., “fir tree”). It is rendered “pine tree” both in the LXX. and Vulgate versions. There is a tree called by the Arabs aran, found still in the "}, {"id": "card_n_b1ad9e3cb264", "title": "Easton: Chestnut tree", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. ’armon; i.e., “naked”), mentioned in connection with Jacob’s artifice regarding the cattle (Gen. 30:37). It is one of the trees of which, because of its strength and beauty, the Assyrian empire "}, {"id": "card_n_759f8b59f423", "title": "Easton: Tree of life", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Stood also in the midst of the garden of Eden (Gen. 2:9; 3:22). Some writers have advanced the opinion that this tree had some secret virtue, which was fitted to preserve life. Probably the lesson con"}, {"id": "card_n_2c315f94ee67", "title": "Easton: Fir", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The uniform rendering in the Authorized Version (marg. R.V., “cypress”) of berosh (2 Sam. 6:5; 1 Kings 5:8, 10; 6:15, 34; 9:11, etc.), a lofty tree (Isa. 55:13) growing on Lebanon (37:24). Its wood wa"}, {"id": "card_n_f0a1c95e9029", "title": "Easton: Sycamore", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "More properly sycomore (Heb. shikmoth and shikmim, Gr. sycomoros), a tree which in its general character resembles the fig-tree, while its leaves resemble those of the mulberry; hence it is called the"}, {"id": "card_n_60b0e3e89d33", "title": "Easton: Teil tree", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(an old name for the lime-tree, the tilia), Isa. 6:13, the terebinth, or turpentine-tree, the Pistacia terebinthus of botanists. The Hebrew word here used (elah) is rendered oak (q.v.) in Gen. 35:4; J"}, {"id": "card_c_7e82733fe03b", "title": "Easton: Palm tree references Matthew", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Matthew. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_c_f43bc9f2c142", "title": "Easton: Palm tree references Romans", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Card references Romans. Auto-detected via book-name match."}, {"id": "card_n_c860098c7eae", "title": "Easton: Olive-tree", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Is frequently mentioned in Scripture. The dove from the ark brought an olive-branch to Noah (Gen. 8:11). It is mentioned among the most notable trees of Palestine, where it was cultivated long before "}, {"id": "card_n_8c107f598c19", "title": "Easton: Fig", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "First mentioned in Gen. 3:7. The fig-tree is mentioned (Deut. 8:8) as one of the valuable products of Palestine. It was a sign of peace and prosperity (1 Kings 4:25; Micah 4:4; Zech. 3:10). Figs were "}, {"id": "card_c_468af60fbd19", "title": "Easton: Palm tree cites John", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites John 12:13 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_91d0d2f6194a", "title": "Easton: Plane tree", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Heb. ‘armon (Gen. 30:37; Ezek. 31:8), rendered “chesnut” in the Authorized Version, but correctly “plane tree” in the Revised Version and the LXX. This tree is frequently found in Palestine, both on t"}, {"id": "card_n_598a3e749813", "title": "Easton: Tamarisk", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Heb. ‘eshel (Gen. 21:33; 1 Sam. 22:6; 31:13, in the R.V.; but in A.V., “grove,” “tree”); Arab. asal. Seven species of this tree are found in Palestine. It is a “very graceful tree, with long feathery "}, {"id": "card_n_d6d5667b3946", "title": "Easton: Zin", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A low palm-tree, the south-eastern corner of the desert et-Tih, the wilderness of Paran, between the Gulf of Akabah and the head of the Wady Guraiyeh (Num. 13:21). To be distinguished from the wildern"}, {"id": "card_n_1d71e0bdc95a", "title": "Easton: Oil-tree", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Isa. 41:19; R.V. marg., “oleaster”), Heb. ‘etz shemen, rendered “olive tree” in 1 Kings 6:23, 31, 32, 33 (R.V., “olive wood”) and “pine branches” in Neh. 8:15 (R.V., “branches of wild olive”), was so"}]}