Topic
Cypress
3 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Isaiah 44:14Easton · Smith · Nave General scriptures concerning
He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
- Song of Songs 1:14Nave (Margin)
My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi.
- Song of Songs 4:13Nave (Margin R. V. Henna)
Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
(Heb. tirzah, “hardness”), mentioned only in Isa. 44:14 (R.V., “holm tree”). The oldest Latin version translates this word by ilex, i.e., the evergreen oak, which may possibly have been the tree intended; but there is great probability that our Authorized Version is correct in rendering it “cypress.” This tree grows abundantly on the mountains of Hermon. Its wood is hard and fragrant, and very durable. Its foliage is dark and gloomy. It is an evergreen (Cupressus sempervirens). “Throughout the East it is used as a funereal tree; and its dark, tall, waving plumes render it peculiarly appropriate among the tombs.”
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
si'-pres.
See HOLM-TREE.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); 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.