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Turpentine tree (Hastings' Dictionary)

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)· Public Domain

Only Sir 24" AV (B repifuyOo!, nA T(p{^i.f0o%) ' As the turpentine tree [RV ' terebinth '] I [sc. \Visdom] stretched out my branches.' The Syr. has msmn rhododaphne, i.e. the oleander, wliich appears to be an unfortunate guess of the translator, wlio did not under.stand the Heb. .iSn (?) ; so Kyssel in Kautzsch's Apokr. ad loc. See, further, art. Terebinth.

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Turpentine tree

Turpentine Tree tur'-pen-tin. ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia. See TEREBINTH.

Smith's Bible Dictionary on Turpentine tree

occurs only once, via. in the Apocrypha. Ecclus. 24:16. It is the Pistacia terebinthus, terebinth tree, common in Palestine and the East. The terebinth occasionally grows to a large size. It belongs to the natural order Anacurdiaceas, the plants of which order generally contain resinous secretions.

References

  1. Orr, J. (ed.) (1915) The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Chicago: Howard-Severance Company. [Public Domain]
  2. Easton, M.G. (1893) Easton's Bible Dictionary. 3rd edn. Thomas Nelson. [Public Domain]
  3. Nave, O.J. (1897) Nave's Topical Bible. Topical Bible Publishing Co.. [Public Domain]
  4. Hastings, J. (ed.) (1909) A Dictionary of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. [Public Domain]
  5. Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
  6. Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia

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