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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) An arm or branch of a tree, esp. a large arm or main branch.

2. (n.) A gallows.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
BOUGH

bou.

See BRANCH.

Greek
4746. stoibas -- branch.
... Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: stoibas Phonetic Spelling:
(stoy-bas') Short Definition: a bough, branch of a tree Definition: a bough, branch ...
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2798. klados -- a branch
... branch. From klao; a twig or bough (as if broken off) -- branch. see GREEK klao.
(kladoi) -- 2 Occurrences. (kladois) -- 2 Occurrences. (klados) -- 2 Occurrences ...
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Strong's Hebrew
5634. sarappah -- a bough
... 5633b, 5634. sarappah. 5635 . a bough. Transliteration: sarappah Phonetic Spelling:
(sar-ap-paw') Short Definition: boughs. ... bough. For c'appah; a twig -- bough ...
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6056. anaph -- a bough
... 6055, 6056. anaph. 6057 . a bough. Transliteration: anaph Phonetic Spelling:
(an-af') Short Definition: branches. ... bough, branch. ...
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6288. porah -- a bough
... 6287b, 6288. porah. 6289 . a bough. Transliteration: porah Phonetic Spelling:
(peh-o-raw') Short Definition: branches. ... bough, branch, sprig. ...
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6057. anaph -- a branch, bough
... 6056, 6057. anaph. 6058 . a branch, bough. Transliteration: anaph Phonetic
Spelling: (aw-nawf') Short Definition: boughs. ... bough, branch. ...
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5589. c'appah -- a bough, branch
... a bough, branch. Transliteration: c'appah Phonetic Spelling: (seh-ap-paw') Short
Definition: bough. bough, branch Feminine of ca'iyph; a twig -- bough, branch. ...
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1808. dalith -- a branch, bough
... a branch, bough. Transliteration: dalith Phonetic Spelling: (daw-lee-yaw') Short
Definition: branches. ... From dalah; something dangling, ie A bough -- branch. ...
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5589a. seappah -- a bough, branch
... a bough, branch. Transliteration: seappah Short Definition: boughs. Word Origin
from the same as saiph Definition a bough, branch NASB Word Usage boughs (2). ...
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534. amir -- the top, summit
... 533, 534. amir. 535 . the top, summit. Transliteration: amir Phonetic
Spelling: (aw-meer') Short Definition: bough. ... bough, branch. ...
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7754. sowk -- branch, brushwood
... 7753, 7754. sowk. 7754a . branch, brushwood. Transliteration: sowk Phonetic
Spelling: (soke) Short Definition: bough. bough Or (feminine ...
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7105. qatsiyr -- harvesting, harvest
... 7104, 7105. qatsiyr. 7105a . harvesting, harvest. Transliteration: qatsiyr
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-tseer') Short Definition: bough. bough, branch, harvest ...
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Library

Joseph Attacked by the Archers
... broad expanse, so did the glory of heaven meet the rapture of his earthly feelings,
and giving vent to his soul , he sung, "Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/joseph attacked by the archers.htm

Sing Heigh-Ho!
... There grows a flower on every bough; Sing heigh-ho! There grows a flower on every
bough, Its petals kiss"I'll show you how: Sing heigh-ho, and heigh-ho! ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/andromeda and other poems/sing heigh-ho.htm

But This, they Say, is the Very Thing which Disquiets Us...
... For when the bough that has been cut off is grafted in, a new wound is made in the
tree, to admit of its reception, that life may be given to the branch which ...
/.../writings in connection with the donatist controversy /chapter 10 43 but.htm

How to Read the Bible
... I see him leap from bough to bough, and I feel sure that he dearly values the old
beech tree, because he has his home somewhere inside it in a hollow place ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 25 1879/how to read the bible.htm

The Crowning of Abimelech
... And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him;
and Abimelech took an ax in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees ...
/.../select masterpieces of biblical literature/iii the crowning of abimelech.htm

Mr. ...
... The boy climbed up the ladder and got upon the bough. ... I saw the bough torn from
the stem, and that was all the twilight would allow me to see. ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 35 mr .htm

Songs of Deliverance
... It was the blessing of Joseph""Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough
by a well; whose branches run over the wall." But what next? ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 13 1867/songs of deliverance.htm

Interpretation of Prophecy.
... progress through the land of Judea, ending with a figurative account of his overthrow:
"Behold the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter xxxviii interpretation of prophecy.htm

The History of David
... And as Absalom fled upon his mule he came under an oak, and his hair flew about
a bough of the tree and held so fast that Absalom hung by his hair, and the ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the history of david.htm

part iii.
... resolutions, with corresponding action. The tree must be symmetrical from
its roots to its topmost bough. Beneficence may not stand ...
//christianbookshelf.org/clark/the faithful steward/part iii.htm

Thesaurus
Bough (8 Occurrences)
... a large arm or main branch. 2. (n.) A gallows. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
BOUGH. bou. See BRANCH. Multi-Version Concordance Bough (8 Occurrences). ...
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Branchbough
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia BRANCH;BOUGH. bransh: Represented by very many
words in the Hebrew. (1) zemorah used especially of a vine branch. ...
/b/branchbough.htm - 12k

Magician (5 Occurrences)
... Frazer (Golden Bough(2), I, 61) says: "Magic is a kind of savage logic, an elementary
species of reasoning based on similarity, contiguity and contrast." But ...
/m/magician.htm - 24k

Uppermost (11 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 17:6 Yet gleanings will be left there, like the shaking of an olive tree,
two or three olives in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the ...
/u/uppermost.htm - 10k

Shoot (51 Occurrences)
... RSV NIV). Genesis 49:22 Joseph is a fruitful bough; A fruitful bough by
a well; His branches shoot over the wall. (DBY). Exodus 36 ...
/s/shoot.htm - 24k

Branch (60 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main
stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant. ...
/b/branch.htm - 28k

Magic (12 Occurrences)
... Frazer (Golden Bough(2), I, 61) says: "Magic is a kind of savage logic, an elementary
species of reasoning based on similarity, contiguity and contrast." But ...
/m/magic.htm - 29k

Fountain (57 Occurrences)
... (ASV JPS YLT). Genesis 49:22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by
a fountain; His branches run over the wall. (ASV BBE JPS YLT). ...
/f/fountain.htm - 30k

Uncleanness (56 Occurrences)
... Frazer, in The Golden Bough, shows numerous examples of the taboo among various
tribes and nations which present striking similarity to some of Israel's laws ...
/u/uncleanness.htm - 38k

Boughs (29 Occurrences)

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Bible Concordance
Bough (8 Occurrences)

Genesis 49:22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
(KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Judges 9:48 Abimelech got him up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder: and he said to the people who were with him, "What you have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done!"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Judges 9:49 All the people likewise each cut down his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them at the base of the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire on them; so that all the people of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

2 Samuel 18:9 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.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Isaiah 10:33 Behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will lop the boughs with terror. The tall will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 17:6 Yet gleanings will be left there, like the shaking of an olive tree, two or three olives in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outermost branches of a fruitful tree," says Yahweh, the God of Israel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 17:9 In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.
(KJV WBS)

Ezekiel 31:3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Subtopics

Bough

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Uppermost (11 Occurrences)

Shoot (51 Occurrences)

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Fountain (57 Occurrences)

Uncleanness (56 Occurrences)

Boughs (29 Occurrences)

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Zalmon (3 Occurrences)

Outmost (7 Occurrences)

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Outermost (10 Occurrences)

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Gat (21 Occurrences)

Foliage (14 Occurrences)

Forest (67 Occurrences)

Thickets (14 Occurrences)

Topmost (4 Occurrences)

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Dependent (35 Occurrences)

Meeteth (12 Occurrences)

Piled (10 Occurrences)

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Bottoms (1 Occurrence)

Cutteth (37 Occurrences)

Absalom (93 Occurrences)

Shading (1 Occurrence)

Shoulders (38 Occurrences)

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Swing (3 Occurrences)

Shroud (6 Occurrences)

Stronghold (68 Occurrences)

Stature (22 Occurrences)

Ax (12 Occurrences)

Abimelech (63 Occurrences)

Haughty (35 Occurrences)

Olive (61 Occurrences)

Beating (31 Occurrences)

Hewn (32 Occurrences)

Axe (19 Occurrences)

Lifteth (69 Occurrences)

Golden (86 Occurrences)

Ascended (48 Occurrences)

Idolatry (14 Occurrences)

Divination (25 Occurrences)

Tree (245 Occurrences)

Chamber (73 Occurrences)

Fruitful (57 Occurrences)

Samson (37 Occurrences)

Setteth (116 Occurrences)

Amulet

Vine (76 Occurrences)

Calf (39 Occurrences)

Grapes (74 Occurrences)

Beaten (73 Occurrences)

Leaving (80 Occurrences)

Shoulder (72 Occurrences)

Base (127 Occurrences)

Trees (179 Occurrences)

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Hurry (42 Occurrences)

Images (158 Occurrences)

Inside (185 Occurrences)

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Olives (30 Occurrences)

Haste (106 Occurrences)

Humbled (77 Occurrences)

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