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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

BERRIES

ber'-is: Occurs in James 3:12 (the King James Version) in the phrase "olive berries" (elaiai). The Revised Version (British and American) reads simply "olives."

OLIVE BERRIES

ber'-iz.

See OLIVE TREE.

Greek

4807. sukaminos -- the mulberry tree, the sycamine
... 4809 ().]. 4807 ("mulberry tree") is deciduous, yields black berries, and
grows about six meters high (roughly 20 feet). [ the 4809 ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4807.htm - 7k

Strong's Hebrew

891. beushim -- stinking or worthless (things), wild grapes
... ones (2). wild grapes. Plural of b'osh; poison-berries -- wild grapes. see
HEBREW b'osh. 890, 891. beushim. 892 . Strong's Numbers.
/hebrew/891.htm - 6k

Library

Psalm LXXIII.
... the olive we never saw. For whosoever may have done so will find no berries
but those of the wild olive. For that which is graffed ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxxiii.htm

What do we Count them Worth?
... "This is my ladder to heaven." The berries are fine and set in chased gold, but
they are only solidified tears, tears shed in wrath by their god, they say ...
/.../wilson-carmichael/things as they are/chapter xxix what do we.htm

A Provision Ground
... petals and a purple eye, followed by fat scaly yellow apples, is the Sweet- sop;
{311f} and that privet-like bush with little flowers and green berries a Guava ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter xvi a provision ground.htm

The Tongue.
... illustration which follows: "Doth a fountain send forth at the same place, sweet
water and bitter?" "Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries, or a ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/robertson/sermons preached at brighton/i the tongue.htm

Separation to God.
... He was not forbidden to eat poison berries, nor was he merely required to abstain
from the wine and strong drink which might easily become a snare; fresh ...
/.../taylor/separation and service/part i separation to god.htm

A Letter from a West Indian Cottage Ornee
... you may see by its little green mouse-tails, a pepper-weed, {77} first cousin to
the great black pepper-bush in the gardens near by, with the berries of which ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter v a letter from.htm

Semi-Parasitism.
... The Mistletoe berries, which contain the seed of the future plant, are developed
specially to minister to this degeneracy, for they glue themselves to the ...
/.../drummond/natural law in the spiritual world/semi-parasitism.htm

Saint George Kills the Enchanter Osmond.
... was to be seen. Scarcely food even from the berries in the woods could they
procure to satisfy their hunger. In this extremity, after ...
/.../the seven champions of christendom/chapter thirteen saint george kills.htm

Judged by Fruit
... show in detail a cluster of virtues which are like luscious fruit in a beautiful
garden, but also a cluster of evils, which are like poisoned berries upon the ...
/.../howard/standards of life and service/xi judged by fruit.htm

The Burial and Assumption of the Blessed virgin
... shrubs brought with their roots from elsewhere. Some had leaves, some blossoms,
and some berries. They made the water from a near ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/xix the burial and assumption.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Plural of Berry.

Thesaurus

Berries (3 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BERRIES. ber'-is: Occurs in James 3:12 (the King
James Version) in the phrase "olive berries" (elaiai). ... OLIVE BERRIES. ber'-iz. ...
/b/berries.htm - 7k

Olive-berries (1 Occurrence)
Olive-berries. Olive, Olive-berries. Olive-branches . Multi-Version
Concordance Olive-berries (1 Occurrence). James ...
/o/olive-berries.htm - 6k

Myrtle (7 Occurrences)
... It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black
several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. ...
/m/myrtle.htm - 12k

Tree (245 Occurrences)
... described graphically in Isaiah 17:6: "There shall be left therein gleanings, as
the shaking (margin "beating") of an olive-tree, two or three berries in the ...
/t/tree.htm - 75k

Olive (61 Occurrences)
... James (3:12) calls the fruit "olive berries." The phrase "vineyards and olives"
(Judges 15:5, AV) should be simply "olive-yard," or "olive-garden," as in the ...
/o/olive.htm - 37k

Food (2953 Occurrences)
... The berries of the olive (zayith) were doubtless eaten, then as now, though
nowhere in Scripture is it expressly so stated. The ...
/f/food.htm - 36k

Beryl (12 Occurrences)

/b/beryl.htm - 11k

Outmost (7 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 17:6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive
tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in ...
/o/outmost.htm - 8k

Olive-tree (17 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 17:6 Yet there shall be left therein gleanings, as the shaking of an
olive-tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five ...
/o/olive-tree.htm - 13k

Olive-branches (2 Occurrences)
Olive-branches. Olive-berries, Olive-branches. Olive-gardens . Multi-Version
Concordance ... (ASV DBY). Olive-berries, Olive-branches. Olive-gardens . ...
/o/olive-branches.htm - 7k

Bible Concordance

Berries (3 Occurrences)

James 3:12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
(KJV WBS)

Deuteronomy 32:32 For their vine is the vine of Sodom, from the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are the grapes of evil, and the berries are bitter:
(BBE)

Isaiah 17:6 Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.
(KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Subtopics

Berries

Related Terms

Olive-berries (1 Occurrence)

Myrtle (7 Occurrences)

Tree (245 Occurrences)

Olive (61 Occurrences)

Food (2953 Occurrences)

Beryl (12 Occurrences)

Outmost (7 Occurrences)

Olive-tree (17 Occurrences)

Olive-branches (2 Occurrences)