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1801 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Leaf.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… a tree. The olive-leaf mentioned Genesis 8:11. The barren fig-tree had nothing but leaves ( Matthew 21:19; Mark 11:13 ). The oak-leaf is mentioned Isaiah 1:30; Isaiah …
1802 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Palestine.5 (Matthew G. Easton)
… , and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; a land wherein thou shalt not eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it …
1803 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Palestine.6 (Matthew G. Easton)
… , with figs, olives, and other fruit-trees where there was any soil. Permanent streams were even then unknown, the passing rush of winter torrents being all that …
1804 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Sycamine tree.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… the fig-tree. Some contend, however, that this name denotes the sycamore-fig of Luke 19:4 .
1805 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Sycamore.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ), a tree which in its general character resembles the fig-tree, while its leaves resemble those of the mulberry; hence it is called the fig-mulberry (Ficus sycomorus …
1806 Etymology dictionary, p. banyan (n.).2
… , "Indian fig tree," 1630s, so called in reference to a specific tree at Gombroon (modern Bandar Abbas) on the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf, near which the Hindu …
1807 Etymology dictionary, p. ficus (n.).2
c. 1400, from Latin ficus "fig, fig tree" (see fig ). With capital letter, as the name of a large genus of trees and shrubs, chosen by Linnaeus (1753).
1808 Etymology dictionary, p. fig (n.1).2
… figue "fig" (12c.), from Old Provençal figa, from Vulgar Latin *fica, corresponding to Latin ficus "fig tree, fig," which, with Greek sykon, Armenian t'uz is "prob. fr. a common …
1809 Etymology dictionary, p. fir (n.).2
… holy fig tree," Hindi pargai "the evergreen oak," Latin quercus "oak," Lombardic fereha "a kind of oak"). Old English had a cognate form in furhwudu "pine wood" (only in …
1810 Etymology dictionary, p. sycamore (n.).2
… fig tree" ( Ficus sycomorus ), from Old French sicamor, sagremore, from Latin sycomorus, from Greek sykomoros, literally "fig-mulberry," from sykon "fig" (see fig ) + moron …
1811 Etymology dictionary, p. sycamore (n.).3
… shade tree with fig-like fruit common in the lowlands of Egypt, Palestine, Syria, etc., whose leaves somewhat resemble those of the mulberry. The Holy Family …
1812 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adam in the Old Testament.5
… mysterious trees, the tree of life, whose fruit seems to have the potency of conferring immortality (compare Genesis 3:22 ), and the tree of the knowledge of good …
1813 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amos (1).29
… sycomore-trees" ( Amos 7:14 ). The word rendered "dresser" (Revised Version) or "gatherer" (the King James Version) occurs only here, and from the rendering of the Septuagint …
1814 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Asher (1).5
… , the fig, the lemon and the orange flourish. Olive trees abound, and the supplies of olive oil which to this day are exported from the district recall the word …
1815 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Assyria.25
… palm-tree of the South. Figs, olives, pomegranates, almonds, mulberries and vines were also cultivated as well as all kinds of grain. Cotton is mentioned by Sennacherib …
1816 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Astronomy, I.134
… a fig tree casteth her unripe figs when she is shaken of a great wind" ( Revelation 6:13 ), for the meteors fell like autumn leaves, driven by a great storm, as numerous …
1817 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Barley.3
… and fig-trees," etc. ( Deuteronomy 8:8 ), the failure of whose crop was a national disaster ( Joel 1:11 ). It was, and is, grown chiefly as provender for horses and asses ( 1 …
1818 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bethany.4
… of fig, almond and olive trees surround the houses. The traditional tomb of Lazarus is shown and there are some remains of medieval buildings, besides rock …
1819 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Botany.15
… sycamore fig (Arabic jummeiz) flourishes around Jaffa--it is a tree which requires a warm climate; it was in Talmudic writings one of the distinctions between …
1820 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cumber; Cumbered.2
… barren fig tree in the parable: "Cut it down; why doth it also cumber (block up, make unproductive) the ground?" ( Luke 13:7 ). Cumbered means to be over-occupied with cares …