Myrtle

a plant mentioned in (Nehemiah 8:15; Isaiah 41:19; 55:13; Zechariah 1:8,10,11) The modern Jews still adorn with myrtle the booths and sheds at the feast of tabernacles. Formerly, as we learn from Nehemiah, (Nehemiah 8:15) myrtles grew on the hills about Jerusalem. "On Olivet." says Dean Stanley, "nothing is now to be seen but the olive and the fig tree:" on some of the hills near Jerusalem, however, Hasselquist observed the myrtle. Dr. Hooker says it is not uncommon in Samaria and Galilee. The Myrtus communis is the kind denoted by the Hebrew word. (It is a shrub or low tree sometimes ten feet high, with green shining leaves, and snow-white flowers bordered with purple, "which emit a perfume more exquisite than that of the rose." The seeds of the myrtle, dried before they are ripe, form our allspice. --ED.)

Myrtle

A beautiful and fragrant evergreen tree, growing wild throughout the southern parts of Europe, the north of Africa, and the temperate parts of Asia; principally on the seacoast. The leaves are of a rich and polished evergreen; the flowers white, with sometimes a tinge of red externally; and the berries are of the size of a small pea, violet or whitish, sweetish, and with the aromatic flavor which distinguishes the whole plant. These are used for spices in the Levant. It furnishes a useful tonic medicine, Nehemiah 8:15; Isaiah 41:19; 55:13; Zechariah 1:8,10,11.

(Isaiah 41:19; Nehemiah 8:15; Zechariah 1:8), Hebrew hadas, known in the East by the name as, the Myrtus communis of the botanist. "Although no myrtles are now found on the mount (of Olives), excepting in the gardens, yet they still exist in many of the glens about Jerusalem, where we have often seen its dark shining leaves and white flowers. There are many near Bethlehem and about Hebron, especially near Dewir Dan, the ancient Debir. It also sheds its fragrance on the sides of Carmel and of Tabor, and fringes the clefts of the Leontes in its course through Galilee. We meet with it all through Central Palestine" (Tristram). (n.) A species of the genus Myrtus, especially Myrtus communis. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning.MYRTLE

mur'-t'-l (hadhac; mursine (Isaiah 41:19; Isaiah 55:13 Nehemiah 8:15 Zechariah 1:8, 10 f); also as a name in Hadassah in Esther 2:7, the Jewish form of ESTHER (which see)): The myrtle, Myrtus communis (Natural Order Myrtaceae), is a very common indigenous shrub all over Palestine. On the bare hillsides it is a low bush, but under favorable conditions of moisture it attains a considerable height (compare Zechariah 1:8, 10). It has dark green, scented leaves, delicate starry white flowers and dark-colored berries, which are eaten. In ancient times it was sacred to Astarte. It is mentioned as one of the choice plants of the land (Isaiah 41:19). "Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree; and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree" (Isaiah 55:13), is one of the prophetic pictures of God's promised blessings. It was one of the trees used in the Feast of Tabernacles (Nehemiah 8:15): "the branches of thick trees" (which see) are interpreted in the Talmud (Cuk. 3 4; Yer Cuk. 3, 53rd) as myrtle boughs; also (id) the "thick trees" of Nehemiah 8:15 as "wild myrtle." Myrtle twigs, particularly those of the broadleaved variety, together with a palm branch and twigs of willow, are still used in the ritual of the Feast of Tabernacles. For many references to myrtle in Jewish writings see Jewish Encyclopedia, IX, 137.

E. W. G. Masterman

1918. hadas -- myrtle (tree)
... 1917, 1918. hadas. 1919 . myrtle (tree). Transliteration: hadas Phonetic
Spelling: (had-as') Short Definition: myrtle. Word Origin ...
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1919. Hadassah -- "myrtle," Esther's Jewish name
... 1918, 1919. Hadassah. 1920 . "myrtle," Esther's Jewish name. Transliteration:
Hadassah Phonetic Spelling: (had-as-saw') Short Definition: Hadassah. ...
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October 4. "Instead of the Brier, the Myrtle Tree" (Isa. Lv. 13).
... OCTOBER 4. "Instead of the brier, the myrtle tree" (Isa. lv. 13). "Instead
of the brier, the myrtle tree" (Isaiah 55:13). God's ...
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The Morning Breaketh
... chapter of Zechariah the eighth to the eleventh verses, "I saw by night, and behold
a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that ...
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But I First Say a Word Also About the Crown Itself. ...
... In like manner Claudius teaches; when he tells us that soldiers are wont
too to be wreathed in myrtle. For the myrtle belongs to ...
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The Outcast
... The glory of Lebanon was not there,. Nor the shittah nor myrtle sweet; ... Thou carest
not that the rose should bloom,. Nor the myrtle where we must tread; ...
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The Greatness of the Subject, and Our Duty to those on their ...
... who is called Bona Dea, whom Sextus Clodius, in his sixth book in Greek on the gods,
declares to have been scourged to death with rods of myrtle, because she ...
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How it was Brought About that the Greeks Speak of Three Hypostases ...
... So three several laurels we also call three trees; but a laurel, and a myrtle, and
an olive, we call only three trees, or three substances, or three natures ...
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'Concerning the Crown'
... the meed of mighty conquerors'; and plaited oak leaves were laid upon the brows
of citizens who had deserved well of their country, and myrtle sprays crowned ...
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On the Use of Ointments and Crowns.
... rose:". "For thou dost not share in roses from Pieria.". They say, too, that
Here delights in the lily, and Artemis in the myrtle. For ...
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The Incarnation and Birth of Christ
... There is a passage in Zechariah which teaches us a lesson:"lt is said that
the man on the red horse stood among the myrtle-trees. ...
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The Thunderbolt Averted
... He was wreathed with olive and myrtle, and carried a branch of olive in his hand,
and the people knew that he must be the bearer of good news. ...
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Myrtle (7 Occurrences)
... (n.) A species of the genus Myrtus, especially Myrtus communis. The common myrtle
has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. ...MYRTLE. ...
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Myrtle-trees (3 Occurrences)
Myrtle-trees. Myrtle-tree, Myrtle-trees. Myself . Multi-Version
Concordance Myrtle-trees (3 Occurrences). Zechariah ...
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Myrtle-tree (1 Occurrence)
Myrtle-tree. Myrtles, Myrtle-tree. Myrtle-trees . Multi-Version
Concordance Myrtle-tree (1 Occurrence). Isaiah 55:13 ...
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Myrtle-branches (1 Occurrence)
Myrtle-branches. Myrtle, Myrtle-branches. Myrtles . Multi-Version
Concordance Myrtle-branches (1 Occurrence). Nehemiah ...
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Trees (179 Occurrences)
... A citron is now carried in the synagogue by every orthodox Jew in one hand, and
the lalabh (of myrtle, willow, and palm branch) in the other, on each day of ...
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Pine (28 Occurrences)
... and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount,
and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm ...
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Fir-tree (5 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 41:19 I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle,
and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box ...
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Esther (48 Occurrences)
... She was a Jewess named Hadas'sah (the myrtle), but when she entered the royal harem
she received the name by which she henceforth became known (Esther 2:7). It ...
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Myrtles (4 Occurrences)
... in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying: 'Go forth unto the mount, and fetch
olive branches, and branches of wild olive, and myrtle branches, and palm ...
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Cypress (17 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 41:19 I will put in the waste land the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and
the olive-tree; and in the lowland will be planted the fir-tree, the plane ...
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