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Palm-Tree

Exodus 15:27. This tree is called in Hebrew tamar, from its straight upright, branchless growth, for which it seems more remarkable than any other tree; it sometimes rises to the height of a hundred feet.

The palm is one of the most beautiful trees of the vegetable kingdom. The stalks are generally full of rugged knots, which render it comparatively easy to climb to the top for the fruit, So 7:7, 8. These projections are the vestiges of the decayed leaves; for the trunk is not solid like other trees, but its center is filled with pith, round which is a tough bark, full of strong fibers when young, which, as the tree grows old, hardens and becomes ligneous. To this bark the leaves are closely joined, which in the center rise erect, but after they are advanced above the sheath that surrounds them, they expand very wide on every side the stem, and as the older leaves decay, the stalk advances in height. With its ever verdant and graceful crown continually aspiring towards heaven, it is an apt image of the soul growing in grace, Psalm 92:12. The leaves, when the tree has grown to a size for bearing fruit, are six to eight feet long, are very broad when spread out, and are used for covering the tops of houses, and similar purposes.

The fruit, from which the palm is often called the date-tree, grows below the leaves in clusters sometimes weighing over fifteen pounds, and is of a sweet and agreeable taste. The diligent natives, says Mr. Gibbon, celebrate, either in verse or prose, the three hundred and sixty uses to which the trunk, the branches or long leaf-stalks, the leaves, fibers, and fruit of the palm are skillfully applied. A considerable part of the inhabitants of Egypt, of Arabia, and Persia, subsist almost entirely on its fruit. They boast also of its medicinal virtues. Their camels feed upon the date stone. From the leaves they make couches, baskets, bags, mats, and brushes: from the branches or stalks, cages for their poultry, and fences for their gardens; from the fiber of the trunk, thread, ropes, and rigging; from the sap is prepared a spirituous liquor; and the body of the tree furnishes fuel: it is even said that from one variety of the palm-tree, the phoenix farinifera, meal has been extracted, which is found among the fibers of the trunk, and has been used for food.

Several parts of the Holy Land, no less than of Idumea, that lay contiguous to it, are described by the ancients to have abounded with date-trees. Judea particularly is typified in several coins of Vespasian by a desconsolate woman sitting under a palm-tree, with the inscription, JUDEA CAPTA. In De 34:3, Jericho is called the "city of palm-trees;" and several of these trees are still found in that vicinity; but in general they are now rare in Palestine. Palm wreaths, and branches waved in the air or strown on the road, are associated not only with the honors paid to ancient conquerors in the Grecian games and in war, but with the triumphant entry of the King of Zion into Jerusalem, John 12:12-13, and with his more glorious triumph with his people in heaven, Revelation 7:9.

Greek

5404. phoinix -- the date palm, a palm
... the date palm, a palm. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: phoinix
Phonetic Spelling: (foy'-nix) Short Definition: a palm tree, palm branch ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8558. tamar -- palm tree, date palm
... 8557, 8558. tamar. 8559 . palm tree, date palm. Transliteration: tamar Phonetic
Spelling: (taw-mawr') Short Definition: trees. ... palm tree. ...
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8561. timorah -- palm (tree) figure
... 8560, 8561. timorah. 8562 . palm (tree) figure. Transliteration: timorah Phonetic
Spelling: (tim-more') Short Definition: trees. ... palm tree. ...
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8560. tomer -- palm tree, post
... 8559, 8560. tomer. 8561 . palm tree, post. Transliteration: tomer Phonetic
Spelling: (to'-mer) Short Definition: tree. ... palm tree. ...
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3712. kippah -- a branch, frond (of a palm tree)
... 3711, 3712. kippah. 3713 . a branch, frond (of a palm tree). Transliteration:
kippah Phonetic Spelling: (kip-paw') Short Definition: branch. Word Origin fem ...
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385. Ithamar -- "land of palms," a son of Aaron
... Ithamar. From 'iy and tamar; coast of the palm-tree; Ithamar, a son of Aaron --
Ithamar. see HEBREW 'iy. see HEBREW tamar. 384, 385. Ithamar. 386 . ...
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2688. Chatsatson Tamar -- a place on the W. side of the Dead Sea
... Or Chatsatson Tamar {khats-ats-one' taw-mawr'}; from chatsats and tamar; division
(ie Perhaps row) of (the) palm-tree; Chatsetson-tamar, a place in Palestine ...
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1193. Baal Tamar -- "possessor of palms," a place near Gibeah
... Baal-tamar. From ba'al and tamar; possessor of (the) palm-tree; Baal-Tamar, a place
in Palestine -- Baal-tamar. see HEBREW ba'al. see HEBREW tamar. 1192, 1193 ...
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3709. kaph -- hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot) ...
... palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or
sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power ...
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Library

This Thy Stature is Like to a Palmtree, and Thy Breasts to ...
... CHAPTER VII. 7. This thy stature is like to a palmtree, and thy breasts
to clusters of grapes. Thy stature, that is, thy whole soul ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/guyon/song of songs of solomon/7 this thy stature is.htm

Said, I Will Go up to the Palmtree, and I Will Take Hold of the ...
... 8. I said, I will go up to the palmtree, and I will take hold of the fruit thereof;
and thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy ...
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And it came to Pass on the Third Day of their Journey...
... of their journey, while they were walking, that the blessed Mary was fatigued by
the excessive heat of the sun in the desert; and seeing a palm tree, she said ...
/.../unknown/the gospel of pseudo-matthew/chapter 20 and it came.htm

Chapter vii
... 6.7. This thy stature is like to a palm tree and thy breasts to clusters of
grapes.7. 8. I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs ...
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Firm to the End.
... There is a fable of the Persians which tells us how a gourd wound itself round
a lofty palm-tree, and in a few weeks climbed to its very top. ...
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Psalm XCII.
... "The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree" (ver.12). ... When the sun hath
gone forth, doth the palm-tree wither? Doth the cedar die? ...
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And on the Day After, when they were Setting Out Thence...
... setting out thence, and in the hour in which they began their journey, Jesus turned
to the palm, and said: This privilege I give thee, O palm tree, that one of ...
/.../unknown/the gospel of pseudo-matthew/chapter 21 and on the.htm

The "Sayings" of Pythagoras.
... "Plant not a palm tree in a house;" (meaning,) foment not discord in a family,
for the palm tree is a symbol of battle and slaughter. ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter xxii the sayings of pythagoras.htm

Fruits of Recognized Union
... Grace has made her like the palm-tree, the emblem alike of uprightness and of
fruitfulness. ... The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: ...
/.../taylor/union and communion/section v fruits of recognized.htm

The General Service to one Martyr.
... undying theology. The Versicle : The righteous shall flourish like the
palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Raised ...
/.../anonymous/the general menaion/chapter xiv the general service.htm

Thesaurus

Palm-tree (8 Occurrences)
Palm-tree. Palms, Palm-tree. Palm-trees . Multi-Version Concordance
Palm-tree (8 Occurrences). Judges 4:5 And she dwelt ...
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Deborah (10 Occurrences)
... a "mother in Israel" (Judges 4:6, 14; 5:7), and "the children of Israel came up
to her for judgment" as she sat in her tent under the palmtree "between Ramah ...
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Baal-tamar (1 Occurrence)
... It was one of the sanctuaries or groves of Baal. Probably the palmtree of Deborah
(Judges 4:5) is alluded to in the name. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Baaltamar (1 Occurrence)
... It was one of the sanctuaries or groves of Baal. Probably the palmtree of Deborah
(Judges 4:5) is alluded to in the name. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Palm (49 Occurrences)
...Palmtree. (Hebrews tamar), the date-palm characteristic of Palestine. ... Branches of
the palmtree were carried at the feast of Tabernacles (Leviticus 23:40). ...
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Carved (36 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Ezekiel 41:18 It was made with cherubim and palm trees; and a palmtree
was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces; (See NAS NIV). ...
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Palm-trees (23 Occurrences)
Palm-trees. Palm-tree, Palm-trees. Palsied . Multi-Version Concordance ... (See
JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT). Palm-tree, Palm-trees. Palsied . Reference Bible.
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Lion's (14 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 41:19 and the face of man 'is' unto the palm-tree on this side, and the
face of a young lion unto the palm-tree on that side; it is made unto all the ...
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Breasts (39 Occurrences)
... Song of Songs 7:7 This, your stature, is like a palmtree, your breasts like its
fruit. ... Song of Songs 7:8 I said, "I will climb up into the palmtree. ...
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Clusters (12 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Song of Songs 7:7 This thy stature is like to a palmtree, and thy breasts
to clusters of grapes. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Bible Concordance

Palm-tree (8 Occurrences)

Judges 4:5 And she dwelt under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill-country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
(See JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT)

Psalms 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
(See JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Song of Songs 7:7 This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, And thy breasts to its clusters.
(See JPS ASV BBE DBY)

Song of Songs 7:8 I said, I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof: Let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, And the smell of thy breath like apples,
(See JPS ASV BBE DBY)

Jeremiah 10:5 They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.
(ASV)

Ezekiel 41:18 And it was made with cherubim and palm-trees; and a palm-tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;
(Root in JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 41:19 so that there was the face of a man toward the palm-tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm-tree on the other side. thus was it made through all the house round about:
(See JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Joel 1:12 The vine is withered, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field are withered: for joy is withered away from the sons of men.
(See JPS ASV BBE WBS)

Subtopics

Palm-Tree

The Palm-Tree: Blasted As a Punishment

The Palm-Tree: First Mention of, in Scripture

The Palm-Tree: Flourishing

The Palm-Tree: Fruitful to a Great Age

The Palm-Tree: Jericho Celebrated For

The Palm-Tree: Represented in Carved Work on the Walls and Doors of The

The Palm-Tree: Requires a Moist and Fertile Soil

The Palm-Tree: Tall

The Palm-Tree: Tents often Pitched Under the Shade of

The Palm-Tree: The Branches of, Were used for Constructing Booths