Oak (Easton)

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'El occurs only in the word El-paran (Genesis 14:6 ). The LXX. renders by 'terebinth.' In the plural form this word occurs in Isaiah 1:29; 57:5 (A.V. marg. and RSV, 'among the oaks'); 61:3 ('trees'). The word properly means strongly, mighty, and hence a strong tree. 'Elah, Genesis 35:4 , 'under the"> StudyL ı ght .org Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Not Yet a Member? Click to Sign Up Now! --> --> Bible Study Tools Lang uage Tools Study Lib rary Hist orical Writings Pas toral Resources Per sonal Resources Site Resources Lectionary Calendar Saturday, June 6th, 2026 the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9 video advertismenet advertisement advertisement advertisement Attention! StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa. Click here to join the effort! Home » Bible Dictionaries » Easton's Bible Dictionary » Letter O Bible Dictionaries Oak Easton's Bible Dictionary Search for… Enter query below: or A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Prev Entry Nymphas Next Entry Oath Resource Toolbox Print Article Additional Links Concordances Nave Topical Bible Oak Thompson Chain Reference Oaks Torrey Topical Textbook Oak-Tree, the Dictionaries American Tract Society Oak Easton's Bible Dictionary Oak Fausset Bible Dictionary Oak Meonenim, the Oak of Holman Bible Dictionary Tabor, Oak of Oak Diviner's Oak Hastings' BibleDictionary Oak Meonenim, Oak of King James Dictionary Oak Morrish Bible Dictionary Oak 1910 New Catholic Dictionary Oak, Abraham's Abraham's Oak People's Bible Dictionary Oak Smith Bible Dictionary Oak Wilson's Bible Types Oak Webster Dictionary Oak Fumed Oak Watson's Theological Dictionary Oak Encyclopedias 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica Fair Oaks Live Oak Oak (only first 3 shown) International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Augurs' Oak Meonenim, Oak of Moreh, Oak of (only first 3 shown) Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia Oak McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Augustines Oak, Conferences at Oak Oak of Reformation (only first 3 shown) The Nuttall Encyclopedia Oaks, the The Jewish Encyclopedia Abraham's Oak Oak and Terebinth Lexicons אַיִל אַיִל, אַיִל, אַיִל, אֵל, אֵל, , אֵל אֵלָה אַלָּה (only first 3 shown) 'El occurs only in the word El-paran ( Genesis 14:6 ). The LXX. renders by "terebinth." In the plural form this word occurs in Isaiah 1:29 ; 57:5 (A.V. marg. and RSV, "among the oaks"); 61:3 ("trees"). The word properly means strongly, mighty, and hence a strong tree. 'Elah, Genesis 35:4 , "under the oak which was by Shechem" (RSV marg., "terebinth"). Isaiah 6:13 , A.V., "teil-tree;" RSV, "terebinth." Isaiah 1:30 , RSV marg., "terebinth." Absalom in his flight was caught in the branches of a "great oak" ( 2 Samuel 18:9 ; RSV marg., "terebinth"). 'Elon, Judges 4:11 ; 9:6 (RSV, "oak;" A.V., following the Targum, "plain") properly the deciduous species of oak shedding its foliage in autumn. 'Elan, only in Daniel 4:11,14,20 , rendered "tree" in Nebuchadnezzar's dream. Probably some species of the oak is intended. 'Allah, Joshua 24:26 . The place here referred to is called Allon-moreh ("the oak of Moreh," as in RSV) in Genesis 12:6,35:4 . 'Allon, always rendered "oak." Probably the evergreen oak (called also ilex and holm oak) is intended. The oak woods of Bashan are frequently alluded to ( Isaiah 2:13 ; Ezekiel 27:6 ). Three species of oaks are found in Palestine, of which the "prickly evergreen oak" (Quercus coccifera) is the most abundant. "It covers the rocky hills of Palestine with a dense brushwood of trees from 8 to 12 feet high, branching from the base, thickly covered with small evergreen rigid leaves, and bearing acorns copiously." The so-called Abraham's oak at Hebron is of this species. Tristram says that this oak near Hebron "has for several centuries taken the place of the once renowned terebinth which marked the site of Mamre on the other side of the city. The terebinth existed at Mamre in the time of Vespasian, and under it the captive Jews were sold as slaves. It disappeared about A.D. 330, and no tree now marks the grove of Mamre. The present oak is the noblest tree in Southern Palestine, being 23 feet in girth, and the diameter of the foliage, which is unsymmetrical, being about 90 feet." (See HEBRON; TEIL-TREE.)

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