Bible Dictionary: Oaks

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Strong's Hebrew

352d. ayil -- a terebinth
... a terebinth. Transliteration: ayil Short Definition: oaks. Word Origin from the
same as ulam Definition a terebinth NASB Word Usage oaks (3). 352c, 352d. ...
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437. allon -- an oak
... Word Origin from the same as allah Definition an oak NASB Word Usage oak (4), oaks
(4). oak. A variation of 'elown -- oak. see HEBREW 'elown. 436, 437. ...
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436. elon -- a terebinth
... Word Origin prol. from ayil Definition a terebinth NASB Word Usage oak (6), oaks
(4). plain. Prolonged from 'ayil; an oak or other strong tree -- plain. ...
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Library

The First Trumpet.
... Moreover, the same paraphrast teaches us that trees, in prophetic parables, signify
the great and rich, who for oaks of Basan (Isaiah 11:13.) substitutes the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/mede/a key to the apocalypse/the first trumpet.htm

When the Nation of the Picts Received the Faith of Christ. [565 AD ...
... Before he crossed over into Britain, he had built a famous monastery in Ireland,
which, from the great number of oaks, is in the Scottish tongue called Dearmach ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap iv when the nation.htm

The Earthquake at Madeley
... ground into numberless chasms, large and small; in the large, threw up mounts,
[31] fifteen or twenty feet high; it carried a hedge, with two oaks, above forty ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/the earthquake at madeley.htm

A Farther Quotation from virgilius Maro Respecting Christ, with ...
... Far otherwise has it been during the corrupt and lawless period of human
life. The knotted oaks shall showers of honey weep. [3475]. ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xx a farther quotation from.htm

Of Removing Tithes.
... Trees."-Wood is, de jure a great tithe. Timber-trees, such as oaks, ashes, and elms,
and in some places beech, &c. ... Mo.541. Noy.30.2 Rol.83. Tho' oaks, &c. ...
/.../prideaux/directions to church-wardens/8 of removing tithes.htm

The Memorial of Symmachus, Prefect of the City.
... been the cause of this barrenness, life is sustained by trees and shrubs, and the
need of the country folk has betaken itself once more to the oaks of Dodona. ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/the memorial of symmachus prefect.htm

Concerning "Perfect" and "One. "
... [504] There are many oaks with different capacities of growth and productiveness,
yet all belong to the same "oak species"; and there are many species or kinds ...
/.../rolt/dionysius the areopagite/chapter xiii concerning perfect and.htm

Organization.
... by the constitution, held a synod of their own at Buffalo Creek, in Stork's
congregation, where the "Untimely Synod" had been held, under the oaks, near the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bente/american lutheranism/organization.htm

Epistle xviii. Reply of St. Ambrose to the Memorial of Symmachus.. ...
... changing corn for the Chaonian acorn, going back once more to the food of cattle
and the nourishment of wretched provisions, they shook the oaks and solaced ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/epistle xviii reply of st.htm

David the Shepherd Youth.
... upon a time the Philistines gathered their young men, and came, with their
battle-flags and drums, up the great Vale of Elah, the valley of oaks, to attack ...
/.../anonymous/children of the old testament/david the shepherd youth.htm

Thesaurus

Oaks (14 Occurrences)
...Oaks (14 Occurrences). Genesis 13:18 Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by
the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh. ...
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Terebinths (12 Occurrences)
... Genesis 13:18 And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre,
which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah. (See JPS). ...
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Mamre (10 Occurrences)
... Genesis 23:17, 19; 35:27); called also in Authorized Version (13:18) the "plain
of Mamre," but in Revised Version more correctly "the oaks [marg., `terebinths ...
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Oak (22 Occurrences)
... and RV, "among the oaks"); 61:3 ("trees"). ... The oaks have alternate leaves,
often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. ...
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Terebinth (15 Occurrences)
... oak," and in margin "terebinth"; "vale of Elah," margin "the terebinth" in 1 Samuel
17:2, 19; 1 Samuel 21:9. (2) 'elim (Isaiah 1:29, "oaks," margin "terebinths ...
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Hebron (71 Occurrences)
... Here he pitched his tent under the oaks of Mamre, by which name it came afterwards
to be known; and here Sarah died, and was buried in the cave of Machpelah ...
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Jael (6 Occurrences)
... the Canaanites were defeated by Barak, Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, fled
and sought refuge with the friendly tribe of Heber, beneath the oaks of Zaanaim ...
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Moreh (3 Occurrences)
... in Deuteronomy 11:30 ('elone moreh, "terebinths of Moreh," the King James Version
"plains," the Revised Version (British and American) "oaks," the Revised ...
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Poplar (4 Occurrences)
... "They.... burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths,
because the shadow thereof is good" (Hosea 4:13). ...
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Abram (48 Occurrences)
... Genesis 13:18 Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre,
which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh. ...
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Bible Concordance

Oaks (14 Occurrences)

Genesis 13:18 Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.
(WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Genesis 14:13 One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. Now he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were allies of Abram.
(WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Genesis 18:1 Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.
(WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 11:30 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?
(WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS)

Psalms 29:9 The voice of Jehovah paineth the oaks, And maketh bare the forests, And in His temple every one saith, 'Glory.'
(YLT RSV NIV)

Psalms 56:1 For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 1:29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 2:13 For all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, for all the oaks of Bashan,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 57:5 you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
(WEB ASV BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 61:3 To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 27:6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made your oars; they have made your benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the islands of Kittim.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hosea 4:13 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.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Amos 2:9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Zechariah 11:2 Wail, fir tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the stately ones are destroyed. Wail, you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has come down.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Oaks

Related Terms

Terebinths (12 Occurrences)

Mamre (10 Occurrences)

Oak (22 Occurrences)

Terebinth (15 Occurrences)

Hebron (71 Occurrences)

Jael (6 Occurrences)

Moreh (3 Occurrences)

Poplar (4 Occurrences)

Abram (48 Occurrences)