Topic
Heath
2 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.
- Jeremiah 17:6Easton · Smith · Nave General scriptures concerning
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
- Jeremiah 48:6Easton · Nave General scriptures concerning
Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
Heb. ‘arar, (Jer. 17:6; 48:6), a species of juniper called by the Arabs by the same name (‘arar), the Juniperus sabina or savin. “Its gloomy, stunted appearance, with its scale-like leaves pressed close to its gnarled stem, and cropped close by the wild goats, as it clings to the rocks about Petra, gives great force to the contrast suggested by the prophet, between him that trusteth in man, naked and destitute, and the man that trusteth in the Lord, flourishing as a tree planted by the waters” (Tristram, Natural History of the Bible).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
heth.
See TAMARISK.
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.