Topic
Branch
24 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
These works date from 1896–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Isaiah 11:1Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE — A title of Christ
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
- Jeremiah 23:5Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE — A title of Christ
¶ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
- Zechariah 3:8Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE — A title of Christ
Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
- Zechariah 6:12Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE — A title of Christ
And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:
- John 15:6Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE — Pruning of
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
- Job 8:16Easton
He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
- Psalms 80:15Nave FIGURATIVE — A title of Christ
And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
- Proverbs 11:28Nave FIGURATIVE
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
- Isaiah 4:2Nave FIGURATIVE — A title of Christ
In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.
- Isaiah 14:19Easton
But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
- Isaiah 18:5Nave FIGURATIVE — Pruning of
For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
- Isaiah 25:5Easton
Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
Show 12 more
- Isaiah 60:21 Nave FIGURATIVE
- Jeremiah 33:15 Nave FIGURATIVE — A title of Christ
- Ezekiel 17:3 Easton
- Ezekiel 17:10 Easton
- Daniel 4:14 Nave FIGURATIVE — Pruning of
- Daniel 11:7 Easton
- Hosea 14:6 Nave FIGURATIVE
- John 15:2–5 Nave FIGURATIVE
- John 15:2 Nave FIGURATIVE — Fruitless, cut off
- John 15:5 Easton
- Romans 11:17 Nave FIGURATIVE — Pruning of
- Romans 11:21 Nave FIGURATIVE — Pruning of
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 14 references
A symbol of kings descended from royal ancestors (Ezek. 17:3, 10; Dan. 11:7); of prosperity (Job 8:16); of the Messiah, a branch out of the root of the stem of Jesse (Isa. 11:1), the “beautiful branch” (4:2), a “righteous branch” (Jer. 23:5), “the Branch” (Zech. 3:8; 6:12).
Disciples are branches of the true vine (John 15:5, 6). “The branch of the terrible ones” (Isa. 25:5) is rightly translated in the Revised Version “the song of the terrible ones,” i.e., the song of victory shall be brought low by the destruction of Babylon and the return of the Jews from captivity.
The “abominable branch” is a tree on which a malefactor has been hanged (Isa. 14:19). The “highest branch” in Ezek. 17:3 represents Jehoiakim the king.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 19 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.