4552 wood
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Trunks and branches of trees used as raw material for various objects and as fuel for burning. Acacia wood was used extensively in the tabernacle and olive wood in the temple.

Various kinds of wood

Acacia wood

Exodus 27:1 See also Exodus 25:10-13,23; Exodus 26:15-17,26-27; Exodus 27:6; Exodus 30:1-5; Exodus 35:4-7,24; Exodus 37:1-4; Exodus 38:1; Deuteronomy 10:1-3

Cedar wood

Leviticus 14:48-53 See also Leviticus 14:1-7; Numbers 19:1-8

Olive wood

1 Kings 6:23 See also 1 Kings 6:31-35

Cypress wood

Ezekiel 27:3-6

Items made from wood

Exodus 7:19 See also Leviticus 11:29-32; Leviticus 15:11-12; Numbers 31:19-20; Numbers 35:16-18; Nehemiah 8:4; Isaiah 10:15; Jeremiah 28:13; Ezekiel 15:2-3; Ezekiel 41:22,25; 2 Timothy 2:20

Wooden idols

Deuteronomy 29:16-18 See also Deuteronomy 28:36,64; Judges 6:26; 2 Kings 19:18 pp Isaiah 37:19; Isaiah 40:18-20; Isaiah 44:13-20; Isaiah 45:20; Isaiah 48:5; Jeremiah 2:26-28; Jeremiah 3:9; Jeremiah 10:6-8; Ezekiel 20:32; Daniel 5:1-4,23; Hosea 4:12; Hosea 10:5-6; Habakkuk 2:19; Revelation 9:20

Carpentry

Exodus 31:1-5 pp Exodus 35:30-33 See also 2 Chronicles 2:13-14

Wood for burning sacrifices

Nehemiah 10:34 See also Genesis 22:3-13; Leviticus 1:3-17; Leviticus 3:1-5; 1 Samuel 6:14; 2 Samuel 24:22-23 pp 1 Chronicles 21:23; 1 Kings 18:22-24,30-38

Wood as fuel

Ezekiel 24:3-5 See also Proverbs 26:20-21; Isaiah 44:13-20; Ezekiel 15:1-8

Chopping and gathering wood

Deuteronomy 19:5 See also Numbers 15:32-36; Deuteronomy 29:10-11; Joshua 9:3-27; 2 Kings 6:1-7

Metaphorical references to wood

Zechariah 12:6 See also Job 41:27; Jeremiah 5:12-14

Symbolic use of wood

Ezekiel 37:15-28 See also Exodus 15:23-26

See also

4416  branch
4448  forests
4514  stick
4528  trees
4696  yoke
5210  arrows
5247  carpenters
5272  craftsmen
5322  gallows
5583  tools
5621  wheel



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