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The Hebrew word for oak, "אֵלָה" (elah), is often translated as "terebinth" or "oak," depending on the context. Oaks were prominent in the ancient Near East and were often associated with sacred sites and significant events in biblical history. Biblical References: 1. Abraham's Encounter at the Oak of Mamre: The oak of Mamre is one of the most notable mentions of an oak in the Bible. It is here that Abraham pitched his tent and received three visitors who foretold the birth of his son Isaac. <a href="/genesis/18.htm">Genesis 18:1-2</a> states, "Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby." This site became a place of divine encounter and revelation. 2. Jacob's Purification at Shechem: In <a href="/genesis/35-4.htm">Genesis 35:4</a> , Jacob instructs his household to purify themselves and bury their foreign gods under the oak near Shechem: "So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and the earrings in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem." This act symbolized a turning away from idolatry and a commitment to the worship of the one true God. 3. Joshua's Covenant Renewal: Joshua gathered the tribes of Israel at Shechem, where he renewed the covenant with the people. <a href="/joshua/24-26.htm">Joshua 24:26</a> records, "And Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD." The oak served as a witness to the covenant, emphasizing its enduring nature. 4. Deborah's Judgment: The oak of Deborah, mentioned in <a href="/judges/4-5.htm">Judges 4:5</a> , was a place where the prophetess Deborah held court: "She would sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided." Although the text refers to a palm, the location is traditionally associated with an oak, highlighting its role as a place of wisdom and justice. 5. Idolatrous Practices Condemned: The prophets often condemned the use of oak trees in idolatrous practices. <a href="/isaiah/1-29.htm">Isaiah 1:29</a> warns, "For you will be ashamed of the oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen." Oaks were sometimes sites of pagan worship, and the prophets called the people to abandon these practices and return to the worship of Yahweh. Symbolism and Significance: In biblical literature, the oak tree symbolizes strength, longevity, and stability. Its deep roots and sturdy trunk make it a fitting metaphor for faithfulness and resilience. The oak's association with significant biblical events and covenants underscores its role as a witness to God's enduring promises and the faithfulness required of His people. The oak's presence in sacred narratives and its use in both righteous and idolatrous contexts reflect the dual nature of creation—capable of being used for God's glory or for human rebellion. The oak thus serves as a reminder of the choices set before humanity and the call to worship the Creator rather than the creation.<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div>Oak(Heb. strong). There is much difficulty in determining the exact meanings of the several varieties of the term mentioned above. Sometimes, evidently, the terebinth or elm is intended and at others the oak. There are a number of varieties of oak in Palestine. (Dr. Robinson contends that the oak is generally intended, and that it is a very common tree in the East. Oaks grow to a large size, reach an old age and are every way worthy the venerable associations connected with the tree. --ED.) Two oaks, Quercus pseudo-coccifera and Q. aegilops , are well worthy of the name of mighty trees; though it is equally true that over a greater part of the country the oaks of Palestine are at present merely bushes.<a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div>OakAs many as six varieties of the oak are found in Palestine. Dr. Robinson speaks of one at Hebron which had a trunk twenty-two and a half feet in circumference; and saw the crests and sides of the hills beyond the Jordan still clothed, as in ancient times, with magnificent oaks, <a href="/isaiah/2-13.htm">Isaiah 2:13</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-2.htm">Zechariah 11:2</a>. The oak is often referred to in Scripture, <a href="/genesis/35-8.htm">Genesis 35:8</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-14.htm">Isaiah 44:14</a> Am 2:9. There is, however, a second Hebrew word often translated "oak," which is supposed to denote the terebinth or turpentine-tree, called butm by the Arabs, <a href="/genesis/35-4.htm">Genesis 35:4</a> Jud 6:11,19 <a href="/context/2_samuel/18-9.htm">2 Samuel 18:9</a>,14. It is translated "elm" in Hosea 4...13, and "teil-tree" in <a href="/context/isaiah/6-13.htm">Isaiah 6:13</a>, in which passages the true oak is also mentioned. In many passages where "plain" or "plains" occurs, we should probably understand "terebinth" or "a grove of terebinths," <a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Genesis 12:6</a> 13:18 14:13 18:1 De 11:30 Jud 9:6. This tree was found in all countries around the Mediterranean, and in Palestine grew to a large size. It was very long-lived. For many ages after Christ, a tree of this kind near Heron was superstitiously venerated as one of those under which Abraham dwelt at Mamre. Under the welcome shade of oaks and other large trees many public affairs were transacted; sacrifices were offered, courts were held, and kings were crowned, <a href="/joshua/24-26.htm">Joshua 24:26</a> Jud 6:11,19 9:6. See <a href="../g/grove.htm">GROVE</a>. <a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>There are six Hebrew words rendered "oak."(1.) `El occurs only in the word El-paran (<a href="/genesis/14-6.htm">Genesis 14:6</a>). The LXX. renders by "terebinth." In the plural form this word occurs in Isaiah 1:29; 57:5 (A.V. marg. and R.V., "among the oaks"); 61:3 ("trees"). The word properly means strongly, mighty, and hence a strong tree.(2.) `Elah, <a href="/genesis/35-4.htm">Genesis 35:4</a>, "under the oak which was by Shechem" (R.V. marg., "terebinth"). Isaiah 6:13, A.V., "teil-tree;" R.V., "terebinth." Isaiah 1:30, R.V. marg., "terebinth." Absalom in his flight was caught in the branches of a "great oak" (<a href="/2_samuel/18-9.htm">2 Samuel 18:9</a>; R.V. marg., "terebinth").(3.) `Elon, <a href="/judges/4-11.htm">Judges 4:11</a>;<a href="/judges/9-6.htm"> 9:6</a> (R.V., "oak;" A.V., following the Targum, "plain") properly the deciduous species of oak shedding its foliage in autumn.(4.) `Elan, only in <a href="/daniel/4-11.htm">Dan. 4:11</a>,14,20, rendered "tree" in Nebuchadnezzar's dream. Probably some species of the oak is intended.(5.) `Allah, <a href="/joshua/24-26.htm">Joshua 24:26</a>. The place here referred to is called Allon-moreh ("the oak of Moreh, " as in R.V.) in <a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Genesis 12:6</a> and <a href="/genesis/35-4.htm">35:4</a>.(6.) `Allon, always rendered "oak." Probably the evergreen oak (called also ilex and holm oak) is intended. The oak woods of Bashan are frequently alluded to (<a href="/isaiah/2-13.htm">Isaiah 2:13</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/27-6.htm">Ezek. 27:6</a>). Three species of oaks are found in Palestine, of which the "prickly evergreen oak" (Quercus coccifera) is the most abundant. "It covers the rocky hills of Palestine with a dense brushwood of trees from 8 to 12 feet high, branching from the base, thickly covered with small evergreen rigid leaves, and bearing acorns copiously." The so-called Abraham's oak at Hebron is of this species. Tristram says that this oak near Hebron "has for several centuries taken the place of the once renowned terebinth which Marked the site of Mamre on the other side of the city. The terebinth existed at Mamre in the time of Vespasian, and under it the captive Jews were sold as slaves. It disappeared about A.D. 330, and no tree now Marks the grove of Mamre. The present oak is the noblest tree in Southern Palestine, being 23 feet in girth, and the diameter of the foliage, which is unsymmetrical, being about 90 feet." (see <a href="../h/hebron.htm">HEBRON</a>; TEIL-TREE.) <a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (n.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or less enclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain.2. (n.) The strong wood or timber of the oak.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div>AUGUR'S OAKo'-gurs' ok: If we translated the Hebrew verb `onen, "to practice augury" (see AUGURY) we should in <a href="/judges/9-37.htm">Judges 9:37</a> for "the oak of Meonemm" render "the augurs' oak" as in the Revised Version, margin, for the last word is simply the part. of the same verb and means "one who practices augury," though there is some doubt as to the exact connotation of the word. See under DIVINATION. The English Versions of the Bible make this noun the name of a place; but no such place is known and the derivation and form of the word are clear and certain. We have a similar phrase similarly misunderstood by our translators in <a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Genesis 12:6</a> where the "oak of Moreh" should be "the oak" (or "terebinth?") "of the diviner" or "augur," for moreh is also a part. = "one who teaches" or "directs." Probably the same tree is meant, since in each ease the neighborhood is that of Shechem. The worship of trees, or rather the deity supposed to make them his home, has prevailed very widely. See W. R. Smith, Rel. Semitic. (2), 195; compare <a href="/judges/4-5.htm">Judges 4:5</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-24.htm">2 Samuel 5:24</a> and "the oak of Zeus at Dodona." In <a href="/judges/9-6.htm">Judges 9:6</a> we read of a "matstsebhah, oak tree": the tree with an altar on which sacrifices were offered. The oak trees of <a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Genesis 12:6</a> and of <a href="/judges/9-37.htm">Judges 9:37</a>, if two distinct trees are meant, would be trees which the Canaanites had been in the habit of consulting: hence, the name. T. Witton DaviesMEONENIM, OAK OFme-on'-e-nim, me-o'-ne-nim: ('elon me`onenim; Codex Vaticanus, Elonmaonemein, Codex Alexandrinus, druos apobleponton; the King James Version Plain of): This was a sacred tree which apparently could be seen from the gate of Shechem (<a href="/judges/9-37.htm">Judges 9:37</a>). No doubt it took its name from the soothsayers who sat under it, practicing augury, etc. Several times mention is made of sacred trees in the vicinity of Shechem (<a href="/genesis/35-4.htm">Genesis 35:4</a> <a href="/joshua/24-26.htm">Joshua 24:26</a> <a href="/judges/9-6.htm">Judges 9:6</a>, etc.). Where this tree stood is not known. See <a href="../a/augur's.htm">AUGUR'S OAK</a>.MOREH, OAK OF('elon moreh, "terebinth of the teacher"; ten drun ten hupselen; the King James Version Plain of Moreh): It seems probable that the place here intended may be the same as that mentioned in <a href="/deuteronomy/11-30.htm">Deuteronomy 11:30</a> ('elone moreh, "terebinths of Moreh," the King James Version "plains," the Revised Version (British and American) "oaks," the Revised Version margin "terebinths"). Both are defined as near to Shechem. The position cannot be identified today. The tree or trees were evidently a place of resort for those who wished to consult a moreh. See <a href="../m/moreh.htm">MOREH, HILL OF</a>. To this day in Palestine trees are often regarded with a certain religious awe as the habitation of spirits. Isolated terebinths receive much veneration. The present writer has often seen such trees with multitudinous rags of all colors attached to them by the peasantry as evidence of their homage. See <a href="../m/meonenim.htm">MEONENIM</a>. W. EwingOAKok: Several Hebrew words are so translated, but there has always been great doubt as to which words should be translated "oak" and which "terebinth." This uncertainty appears in the Septuagint and all through English Versions of the Bible; in recent revisions "terebinth" has been increasingly added in the margin. All the Hebrew words are closely allied and may originally have had simply the meaning of "tree" but it is clear that, when the Old Testament was written, they indicated some special kind of tree. 1. Hebrew Words and References: The words and references are as follows: (1) 'elah (in the Septuagint usually terebinthos. in Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) terebinthus, or, more commonly, quercus) (<a href="/genesis/35-4.htm">Genesis 35:4</a> <a href="/judges/6-11.htm">Judges 6:11, 19</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-9.htm">2 Samuel 18:9, 10, 14</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-14.htm">1 Kings 13:14</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-12.htm">1 Chronicles 10:12</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-30.htm">Isaiah 1:30</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-13.htm">Ezekiel 6:13</a> -in all these margin "terebinth "). In <a href="/isaiah/6-13.htm">Isaiah 6:13</a> (the King James Version "teil tree") and <a href="/hosea/4-13.htm">Hosea 4:13</a> (the King James Version "elms") the translation is "terebinths" because of the juxtaposition of 'allon, translated "oaks." "Vale of Elah" (margin "the Terebinth") is found in <a href="/1_samuel/17-2.htm">1 Samuel 17:2, 19</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/21-9.htm">1 Samuel 21:9</a>. The expression in <a href="/isaiah/1-30.htm">Isaiah 1:30</a>, "whose leaf fadeth," is more appropriate to the terebinth than the oak (see below). (2) 'allah (terebinthos, quercus (Vulgate)), apparently a slight variant for 'elah; only in <a href="/joshua/24-26.htm">Joshua 24:26</a> <a href="/genesis/35-4.htm">Genesis 35:4</a> ('elah) and in <a href="/judges/9-6.htm">Judges 9:6</a> ('elon). (3) 'elim or 'eylim, perhaps plural of 'elah occurs in <a href="/isaiah/1-29.htm">Isaiah 1:29</a> (margin "terebinths"); <a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Isaiah 57:5</a>, margin "with idols," the King James Version "idols," margin "oaks"; <a href="/isaiah/61-3.htm">Isaiah 61:3</a>, "trees"; <a href="/ezekiel/31-14.htm">Ezekiel 31:14</a> (text very doubtful), "height," the King James Version margin "upon themselves"; 'el, in El-paran Septuagint terebinthos) (<a href="/genesis/14-6.htm">Genesis 14:6</a>), probably means the "tree" or "terebinth" of Paran. Celsius (Hierob. 1, 34;) argues at length that the above words apply well to the TEREBINTH (which see) in all the passages in which they occur. (4) 'elon (usually drus, "oak"), in <a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Genesis 12:6</a>; <a href="/genesis/13-18.htm">Genesis 13:18</a>; <a href="/genesis/14-13.htm">Genesis 14:13</a>; <a href="/genesis/18-1.htm">Genesis 18:1</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-30.htm">Deuteronomy 11:30</a> <a href="/joshua/19-33.htm">Joshua 19:33</a> <a href="/judges/4-11.htm">Judges 4:11</a>; <a href="/judges/9-6.htm">Judges 9:6, 37</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-3.htm">1 Samuel 10:3</a> (the King James Version "plain"); in all these references the margin has "terebinth" or "terebinths." In <a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Genesis 12:6</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-30.htm">Deuteronomy 11:30</a> we have "oak" or "oaks" "of the teacher" (Moreh); "oak in Zaanannim" in <a href="/judges/4-11.htm">Judges 4:11</a> <a href="/joshua/19-33.htm">Joshua 19:33</a>; the "oak of Meonenim," margin "the augurs' oak (or, terebinth)" in <a href="/judges/9-37.htm">Judges 9:37</a>. (5) 'allon (commonly drus, or balanos), in <a href="/genesis/35-8.htm">Genesis 35:8</a> (compare 35:4); <a href="/hosea/4-13.htm">Hosea 4:13</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-13.htm">Isaiah 6:13</a>, is contrasted with 'elah, showing that 'allon and 'elah cannot be identical, so no marginal references occur; also in <a href="/isaiah/44-14.htm">Isaiah 44:14</a> <a href="/amos/2-9.htm">Amos 2:9</a>, but in all other passages, the margin "terebinth" or "terebinths" occurs. "Oaks of Bashan" occurs in <a href="/isaiah/2-13.htm">Isaiah 2:13</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-6.htm">Ezekiel 27:6</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-2.htm">Zechariah 11:2</a>. If (1) (2) (3) refer especially to the terebinth, then (4) and (5) are probably correctly translated "oak." If we may judge at all by present conditions, "oaks" of Bashan is far more correct than "terebinths" of Bashan. 2. Varieties of Oak: There are, according to Post (Flora of Palestine, 737-41), no less than 9 species of oak (Natural Order Cupuliferae) in Syria, and he adds to these 12 sub-varieties. Many of these have no interest except to the botanist. The following species are widespread and distinctive: (1) The "Turkey oak," Quercus cerris, known in Arabic as Ballut, as its name implies, abounds all over European Turkey and Greece and is common in Palestine. Under favorable conditions it attains to great size, reaching as much as 60 ft. in height. It is distinguished by its large sessile acorns with hemispherical cups covered with long, narrow, almost bristly, scales, giving them a mossy aspect. The wood is hard and of fine grain. Galls are common upon its branches. (2) Quercus lusitanica (or Ballota), also known in Arabic as Ballut, like the last is frequently found dwarfed to a bush, but, when protected, attains a height of 30 ft. or more. The leaves are denate or crenate and last late into the winter, but are shed before the new twigs are developed. The acorns are solitary or few in cluster, and the cupules are more or less smooth. Galls are common, and a variety of this species is often known as Q. infectoria, on account of its liability to infection with galls. (3) The Valonica oak (Q. aceglops), known in Arabic as Mellut, has large oblong or ovate deciduous leaves, with deep serrations terminating in a bristle-like point, and very large acorns, globular, thick cupules covered with long reflexed scales. The cupules, known commercially as valonica, furnish one of the richest of tanning materials. (4) The Evergreen oak is often classed under the general name "Ilex oak" or Holm (i.e. holly-like) oak. Several varieties are described as occurring in Palestine. Q. ilex usually has rather a shrublike growth, with abundant glossy, dark-green leaves, oval in shape and more or less prickly at the margins, though sometimes entire. The cupules of the acorns are woolly. It shows a marked predilection for the neighborhood of the sea. The Q. coccifera (with var. Q. pseudococcifera) is known in Arabic as Sindian. The leaves, like the last, usually are prickly. The acorns are solitary or twin, and the hemispherical cupules are more or less velvety. On the Q. coccifera are found the insects which make the well-known Kermes dye. These evergreen oaks are the common trees at sacred tombs, and the once magnificent, but now dying, "Abraham's oak" at Hebron is one of this species. 3. Oaks in Modern Palestine: Oaks occur in all parts of Palestine, in spite of the steady ruthless destruction which has been going on for centuries. All over Carmel, Tabor, around Banias and in the hills to the West of Nazareth, to mention well-known localities, there are forests of oak; great tracts of country, especially in Galilee and East of the Jordan, are covered by a stunted brushwood which, were it not for the wood-cutter, would grow into noble trees. Solitary oaks of magnificent proportions occur in many parts of the land, especially upon hilltops; such trees are saved from destruction because of their "sacred" character. To bury beneath such a tree has ever been a favorite custom (compare <a href="/genesis/35-8.htm">Genesis 35:8</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-12.htm">1 Chronicles 10:12</a>). Large trees like these, seen often from great distances, are frequently landmarks (<a href="/joshua/19-33.htm">Joshua 19:33</a>) or places of meeting (compare "Oak of Tabor," <a href="/1_samuel/10-3.htm">1 Samuel 10:3</a>). The custom of heathen worship beneath oaks or terebinths (<a href="/hosea/4-13.htm">Hosea 4:13</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-13.htm">Ezekiel 6:13</a>, etc.) finds its modern counterpart in the cult of the Wely in Palestine. The oak is sometimes connected with some historical event, as e.g. Abraham's oak of Mamre now shown at Hebron, and "the oak of weeping," Allon bacuth, of <a href="/genesis/35-8.htm">Genesis 35:8</a>. E. W. G. MastermanOAK OF TABOR('elon tabhor): Thus the Revised Version (British and American) in <a href="/1_samuel/10-3.htm">1 Samuel 10:3</a> for the King James Version "plain of Tabor" (the Revised Version margin "terebinth"). Tabor was famous for its groves of oak, but what "oak" is meant here is not known. Ewald thinks that "Tabor" is a different pronunciation for "Deborah," and connects with <a href="/genesis/35-8.htm">Genesis 35:8</a>; but this is not likely. See <a href="../o/oak.htm">OAK, 3</a>.TABOR, OAK OF(PLAIN OF TABOR in the King James Version) (elon tabhor; he drus Thabor): A place mentioned only in Samuel's directions to Saul after his anointing (<a href="/1_samuel/10-3.htm">1 Samuel 10:3</a>). It lay between the city where the two met and Gibeah whither Saul was returning. Ewald and Thenius thought it might be identical with the palm tree of Deborah, but there is nothing to support this conjecture. Others have thought we might read "oak of Deborah," as signifying the place where Rachel's nurse was buried (<a href="/genesis/35-8.htm">Genesis 35:8</a>). The truth is that nothing whatever is now known of the site. W. EwingZAANANNIM; PLAIN OR OAK OFza-a-nan'-im, elon betsa`anayim; or betsa`anannim Codex Vaticanus Besamiein; Codex Alexandrinus Besananim (<a href="/joshua/19-33.htm">Joshua 19:33</a>); in <a href="/judges/4-11.htm">Judges 4:11</a> Codex Vaticanus translates it as pleonektounton, and Codex Alexandrinus has anapauomenon): In <a href="/joshua/19-33.htm">Joshua 19:33</a> the King James Version reads "Allon to Zaanannim," the Revised Version (British and American) "the oak in Zaanannim," the Revised Version margin "oak (or terebinth) of Bezaanannim." In <a href="/judges/4-11.htm">Judges 4:11</a> the King James Version reads "plain of Zaanaim," the Revised Version (British and American) "oak in Zaanannim." It is probable that the same place is intended in the two passages. It was a place on the southern border of the territory of Naphtali (Joshua), and near it the tent of Heber the Kenite was pitched (Judges). The absence of the article before 'elon shows that the "be" is not the preposition before "z", but the first letter of the name, which accordingly should be read "Bezaanannim." We should naturally look for it near Adami and Nekeb. This agrees also with the indications in Judges, if the direction of Sisera's flight suggested in MEROZ (which see) is correct. The Kadesh, then, of <a href="/judges/4-11.htm">Judges 4:11</a> may be represented by the ruin Qadish on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee; and in the name Khirbet Bessum, about 3 miles Northeast of Tabor, there is perhaps an echo of Bezaanannim. W. Ewing<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2847.htm">2847. kokkinos -- scarlet</a> ... Phonetic Spelling: (kok'-kee-nos) Short Definition: crimson Definition: crimson, scarlet, dyed with Kermes (coccum), the female coccus of the Kermes oak. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2847.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/1186.htm">1186. dendron -- a tree</a> ... tree. Probably from drus (an oak); a tree -- tree. (dendra) -- 4 Occurrences. (dendron) -- 17 Occurrences. (dendron) -- 4 Occurrences. 1185, 1186. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1186.htm - 6k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/427.htm">427. allah -- an oak</a> ... an oak. Transliteration: allah Phonetic Spelling: (al-law') Short Definition: oak. Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition an oak NASB Word Usage oak (1) ... /hebrew/427.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/437.htm">437. allon -- an oak</a> ... 436, 437. allon. 438 . an oak. Transliteration: allon Phonetic Spelling: (al-lone') Short Definition: oak. Word Origin from the ... /hebrew/437.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/487.htm">487. Allammelek -- "an oak of (the) king," a place in Asher</a> ... Allammelek. 488 . "an oak of (the) king," a place in Asher. Transliteration: Allammelek Phonetic Spelling: (al-lam-meh'-lek) Short Definition: Allammelech. ... /hebrew/487.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/439.htm">439. Allon Bakuth -- "oak of weeping," a tree near the grave of ...</a> ... "oak of ... Word Origin from allon and bakah Definition "oak of weeping," a tree near the grave of Rebekah's nurse NASB Word Usage Allon-bacuth (1). Allon-bachuth. ... /hebrew/439.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/424.htm">424. elah -- a terebinth</a> ... 423, 424. elah. 425 . a terebinth. Transliteration: elah Phonetic Spelling: (ay-law') Short Definition: oak. Word Origin fem. ... elm, oak, teil-tree. ... /hebrew/424.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/352.htm">352. ayil -- a ram</a> ... 351c, 352. ayil. 352a . a ram. Transliteration: ayil Phonetic Spelling: (ah'-yil) Short Definition: ram. mighty man, lintel, oak, post, ram, tree ... /hebrew/352.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/436.htm">436. elon -- a terebinth</a> ... a terebinth. Transliteration: elon Phonetic Spelling: (ay-lone') Short Definition: oak. ... from ayil Definition a terebinth NASB Word Usage oak (6), oaks (4). plain ... /hebrew/436.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/414.htm">414. Ela -- an Israelite</a> ... NASB Word Usage Ela (1). Elah. A variation of 'elah; oak; Ela, an Israelite -- Elah. see HEBREW 'elah. 413, 414. Ela. 415 . Strong's Numbers. /hebrew/414.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/356.htm">356. Elon -- "terebinth," an Israelite name, also a Hittite, also ...</a> ... Or (shortened);Elown {ay-lone'}; or Eylon {ay- lone'}; from 'ayil; oak-grove; Elon, the name of a place in Palestine, and also of one Hittite, two Israelites ... /hebrew/356.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/8410.htm">8410. tidhar -- (name of a tree) probably elm</a> ... blow. Apparently from dahar; enduring; a species of hard-wood or lasting tree (perhaps oak) -- pine (tree). see HEBREW dahar. 8409, 8410. tidhar. 8411 . ... /hebrew/8410.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/the_sucker_from_the_felled.htm">The Sucker from the Felled Oak</a> ... THE SUCKER FROM THE FELLED OAK. 'And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the sucker from the felled.htm<a href="/library/sozomen/the_ecclesiastical_history_of_sozomenus/chapter_iv_what_constantine_the_great.htm">What Constantine the Great Effected About the Oak in Mamre; He ...</a> ... Book II. Chapter IV."What Constantine the Great effected about the Oak in Mamre; he also built a Temple. I consider it necessary ... /.../chapter iv what constantine the great.htm<a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_29_of_the_three_men.htm">Of the Three Men or Angels, in whom the Lord is Related to have ...</a> ... Book XVI. Chapter 29."Of the Three Men or Angels, in Whom the Lord is Related to Have Appeared to Abraham at the Oak of Mamre. ... //christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 29 of the three men.htm<a href="/library/justin/dialogue_of_justin_philosopher_and_martyr_with_trypho/chapter_lvi_god_who_appeared_to.htm">God who Appeared to Moses is Distinguished from God the Father.</a> ... "Moses, then, the blessed and faithful servant of God, declares that He who appeared to Abraham under the oak in Mamre is God, sent with the two angels in His ... /.../chapter lvi god who appeared to.htm<a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/a_broken-hearted_father.htm">A Broken-Hearted Father</a> ... Absalom happened to meet the soldiers of David while riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak, and Absalom's head caught ... /...//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/a broken-hearted father.htm<a href="/library/browne/the_christian_church_in_these_islands_before_the_coming_of_augustine/footnotes_.htm">Footnotes:</a> ... The principal causeway is faced with oak boards on its two vertical sides. These are kept in their place by carefully squared oak ... /.../footnotes .htm<a href="/library/scholasticus/the_ecclesiastical_history_of_scholasticus/chapter_xviii_the_emperor_constantine_abolishes.htm">The Emperor Constantine Abolishes Paganism and Erects Many ...</a> ... Again he built other churches, one of which was erected near the Oak of Mamre, under which the Sacred Oracles declare that Abraham entertained angels. ... /.../chapter xviii the emperor constantine abolishes.htm<a href="/library/kingston/the_seven_champions_of_christendom/chapter_seven_the_adventures_of.htm">The Adventures of Saint Anthony of Italy.</a> ... On hearing it, Blanderon, who had been asleep, started up, and came forth to the gate with a huge oak-tree in his hand, which he flourished about his head as ... /.../kingston/the seven champions of christendom/chapter seven the adventures of.htm<a href="/library/roberston/sketches_of_church_history_from_ad_33_to_the_reformation/chapter_iii_st_boniface_ad.htm">St. Boniface (Ad 680-755)</a> ... Finding that the Hessians paid reverence to an old oak-tree, which was sacred to one of their gods, he resolved to cut it down. ... /.../chapter iii st boniface ad.htm<a href="/library/farrar/gathering_clouds_a_tale_of_the_days_of_st_chrysostom/chapter_xlv_episcopal_conspirators.htm">Episcopal Conspirators</a> ... The leg gangrened again. There was another amputation, and the wretched Bishop died. He took what part he could in the Synod of the Oak. ... /.../chapter xlv episcopal conspirators.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/o/oak-the.htm">Oak-the (1 Occurrence)</a> Oak-the. Oaks, Oak-the. Oak-tree . Multi-Version Concordance Oak-the (1 Occurrence). Ezekiel 6:13 And ye have known ... /o/oak-the.htm - 6k<a href="/topical/o/oak.htm">Oak (22 Occurrences)</a> ... Easton's Bible Dictionary There are six Hebrew words rendered "oak.". ... (2.) `Elah, Genesis 35:4, "under the oak which was by Shechem" (RV marg., "terebinth"). ... /o/oak.htm - 33k<a href="/topical/o/oak-tree.htm">Oak-tree (11 Occurrences)</a> Oak-tree. Oak-the, Oak-tree. Oak-trees . Multi-Version Concordance Oak-tree (11 Occurrences). Joshua 19:33 And their limit was from ... /o/oak-tree.htm - 10k<a href="/topical/o/oak-trees.htm">Oak-trees (1 Occurrence)</a> Oak-trees. Oak-tree, Oak-trees. Oar . Multi-Version Concordance Oak-trees (1 Occurrence). Ezekiel 27:6 Of oak-trees ... /o/oak-trees.htm - 6k<a href="/topical/h/holm-oak.htm">Holm-oak (1 Occurrence)</a> Holm-oak. Hollows, Holm-oak. Holmtree . Multi-Version Concordance Holm-oak (1 Occurrence). Isaiah 40:20 He that is too ... /h/holm-oak.htm - 6k<a href="/topical/t/terebinth.htm">Terebinth (15 Occurrences)</a> ... (see OAK.). Noah Webster's Dictionary. ... (3) 'allah (Joshua 24:26, English Versions of the Bible have "oak," but the Septuagint terebinthos). ... /t/terebinth.htm - 15k<a href="/topical/a/augur's.htm">Augur's</a> ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia AUGUR'S OAK. o'-gurs' ok: If we translated the Hebrew verb `onen, "to practice augury" (see AUGURY ... /a/augur's.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/z/zaanannim.htm">Zaanannim (2 Occurrences)</a> ... Easton's Bible Dictionary =Zaanaim, (Joshua 19:33). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ZAANANNIM; PLAIN OR OAK OF. za-a-nan'-im, elon ... /z/zaanannim.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/m/meonenim.htm">Meonenim (1 Occurrence)</a> ... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Judges 9:37; AV, "the plain of Meonenim;" RV, "the oak of Meonenim") means ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. MEONENIM, OAK OF. ... /m/meonenim.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/m/mamre.htm">Mamre (10 Occurrences)</a> ... 13:18) the "plain of Mamre," but in Revised Version more correctly "the oaks [marg., `terebinths'] of Mamre." The name probably denotes the "oak grove" or the ... /m/mamre.htm - 16k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/William-of-Ockham.html">Who was William of Ockham? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/problem-of-good.html">What is the problem of good? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/multi-site-church.html">Is a multi-site church biblical? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/oak.htm">Oak: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Oak (22 Occurrences)<a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Genesis 12:6</a> Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. The Canaanite was then in the land. (WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/genesis/35-4.htm">Genesis 35:4</a> They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/35-8.htm">Genesis 35:8</a> Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/11-30.htm">Deuteronomy 11:30</a> Aren't they beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who dwell in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh? (Root in WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/joshua/19-33.htm">Joshua 19:33</a> Their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, Adaminekeb, and Jabneel, to Lakkum. It ended at the Jordan. (WEB ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV)<a href="/joshua/24-26.htm">Joshua 24:26</a> Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/4-11.htm">Judges 4:11</a> Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab the brother-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh. (WEB ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/judges/6-11.htm">Judges 6:11</a> The angel of Yahweh came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/6-19.htm">Judges 6:19</a> Gideon went in, and prepared a young goat, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal. He put the meat in a basket and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/judges/9-6.htm">Judges 9:6</a> All the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem. (WEB ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/judges/9-37.htm">Judges 9:37</a> Gaal spoke again and said, "Behold, people are coming down by the middle of the land, and one company comes by the way of the oak of Meonenim." (WEB ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/1_samuel/10-3.htm">1 Samuel 10:3</a> "Then you shall go on forward from there, and you shall come to the oak of Tabor; and three men shall meet you there going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three young goats, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine: (WEB ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/2_samuel/18-9.htm">2 Samuel 18:9</a> Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the sky and earth; and the mule that was under him went on. (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/18-10.htm">2 Samuel 18:10</a> A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, "Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak." (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/18-14.htm">2 Samuel 18:14</a> Then Joab said, "I'n not going to wait like this with you." He took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/13-14.htm">1 Kings 13:14</a> He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. He said to him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" He said, "I am." (WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/10-12.htm">1 Chronicles 10:12</a> all the valiant men arose, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. (WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/isaiah/1-30.htm">Isaiah 1:30</a> For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water. (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/6-13.htm">Isaiah 6:13</a> If there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be consumed: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remains when they are felled; so the holy seed is its stock." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/44-14.htm">Isaiah 44:14</a> He cuts down cedars for himself, and takes the cypress and the oak, and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir tree, and the rain nourishes it. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/6-13.htm">Ezekiel 6:13</a> You shall know that I am Yahweh, when their slain men shall be among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the places where they offered pleasant aroma to all their idols. (WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/hosea/4-13.htm">Hosea 4:13</a> They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because its shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, and your brides commit adultery. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><a href="/topical/o/oak.htm">Oak</a><a href="/topical/o/oak_of_tabor.htm">Oak of Tabor</a><a href="/topical/naves/o/oak--absalom_hung_in_the_boughs_of.htm">Oak: Absalom Hung in the Boughs of</a><a href="/topical/naves/o/oak--deborah_buried_under.htm">Oak: Deborah Buried Under</a><a href="/topical/naves/o/oak--figurative.htm">Oak: Figurative</a><a href="/topical/naves/o/oak--grew_in_palestine.htm">Oak: Grew in Palestine</a><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><a href="/topical/o/oak.htm">Oak (22 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/o/oak-tree.htm">Oak-tree (11 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/o/oak-trees.htm">Oak-trees (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/h/holm-oak.htm">Holm-oak (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/t/terebinth.htm">Terebinth (15 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/a/augur's.htm">Augur's</a><a href="/topical/z/zaanannim.htm">Zaanannim (2 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/m/meonenim.htm">Meonenim (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/m/mamre.htm">Mamre (10 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/a/allon.htm">Allon (3 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/h/holmtree.htm">Holmtree</a><a href="/topical/t/tabor.htm">Tabor (12 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/o/oaks.htm">Oaks (14 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/m/moreh.htm">Moreh (3 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/a/allon-bacuth.htm">Allon-bacuth (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/h/hebron.htm">Hebron (71 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/h/holm-tree.htm">Holm-tree</a><a href="/topical/s/shechem.htm">Shechem (61 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/d/deborah.htm">Deborah (10 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/k/kedesh.htm">Kedesh (12 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/a/abraham.htm">Abraham (2539 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/b/botany.htm">Botany</a><a href="/topical/p/pillar.htm">Pillar (72 Occurrences)</a><a 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