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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

WILLOW TREE

wil'-o-tre (tsaphtsaphah): Comparison with the Arabic cafcaf, "the willow," makes it very probable that thc translation of Ezekiel 17:5 is correct.

Strong's Hebrew

6851. tsaphtsaphah -- perhaps willow
... 6850, 6851. tsaphtsaphah. 6852 . perhaps willow. Transliteration: tsaphtsaphah
Phonetic Spelling: (tsaf-tsaw-faw') Short Definition: willow. ...
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6155. arab -- (a kind of tree) perhaps poplar, also a wadi in Moab
... willow. From arab; a willow (from the use of osiers as wattles) -- willow. see HEBREW
arab. 6154b, 6155. arab or arabah. 6156 . Strong's Numbers.
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5536. sal -- basket
... basket. From calal; properly, a willow twig (as pendulous), ie An osier; but only
as woven into a basket -- basket. see HEBREW calal. 5535, 5536. sal. 5537 > ...
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Library

That Passage of David Explained; what the Harps Hung Upon the ...
... Chapter III."That Passage of David Explained; What the Harps Hung Upon the Willows
Signify; The Willow a Symbol of Chastity; The Willows Watered by Streams. ...
/.../chapter iii that passage of david.htm

Bowed with Grief and Anguish Low,
... All my grief before Him lay: Tell Him, 'neath the willow shade,. Ah! ... II. Is there
joy by Babel's streams,". Mute the harp on willow hung,. ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the apostolic church/bowed with grief and anguish.htm

The Sins of the Elect and of the Penitent are of Many Kinds, but ...
... He showed me a large willow tree overshadowing plains and mountains, and under the
shade of this willow had assembled all those who were called by the name of ...
/.../pastor/the pastor books first second third/similitude eighth the sins of.htm

In the Last, the Great Day of the Feast'
... hand each carries what is called the Lulabh, [3990] which, although properly meaning
a branch,' or palm-branch,' consisted of a myrtle and willow-branch tied ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter vii in the last.htm

The Banquet of the Ten Virgins, or Concerning Chastity
... Chapter III.--That Passage of David Explained; What the Harps Hung Upon the Willows
Signify; The Willow a Symbol of Chastity; The Willows Watered by Streams. ...
/.../methodius/the banquet of the ten virgins or concerning chastity/

On Easter
... Mingled together, the willow, the fir, the hazel, the osier, [2117] the elm, the
maple, the walnut, each tree applauds, delightful with its leaves. ...
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First Greek Form.
... [1739]. 3. And the son of Annas the scribe was standing there with Joseph; and he
took a willow branch, and let out the waters which Jesus had collected. ...
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Rondelet, {7} the Huguenot Naturalist {8}
... and other birds of passage, many of them unknown in these islands, and even in the
north of France itself, which haunt every copse of willow and aspen along ...
/.../kingsley/historical lectures and essays/rondelet 7 the huguenot naturalist.htm

Second Greek Form.
... And a certain boy, the son of Annas the scribe, came past, and with a willow branch
which he was carrying threw down the pools, and the water flowed out. ...
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Meanwhile, Unconscious of the Miracle his Prayer had Wrought...
... In figure she was wonderfully slight,"so slight indeed that she suggested a delicate
willow-withe such as can be bent and curved with one hand"yet this ...
/.../corelli/the master-christian/vii meanwhile unconscious of the.htm

ATS Bible Dictionary

Willow

A very common tree, which grows in marshy places, Job 40:22 Isaiah 44:4, with a leaf much like that of the olive. God commanded the Hebrews to take branches of the handsomest trees, particularly of the willows of the brook, and to bear them in their hands before the Lord, as a token of rejoicing, at the feast of Tabernacles, Le 23:40.

The "weeping willow," memorable in connection with the mourning Hebrew captives, Psalm 137:2, is a native of Babylonica. The "book of the willows," Isaiah 15:7, on the southern border of Moab, flows into the southeast extremity of the Dead Sea.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight. Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow.

2. (n.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil.

3. (v. t.) To open and cleanse, as cotton, flax, or wool, by means of a willow. See Willow, n., 2.

Thesaurus

Willow (1 Occurrence)
... A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight. Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken
by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow. ...
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Willow-tree (1 Occurrence)
Willow-tree. Willows, Willow-tree. Wills . Multi-Version Concordance
Willow-tree (1 Occurrence). Ezekiel 17:5 He took ...
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Willows (5 Occurrences)
... (1.) Hebrews `arabim (Leviticus 23:40; Job 40:22; Isaiah 15:7; 44:3, 4; Psalm
137:1, 2). This was supposed to be the weeping willow, called by Linnaeus Salix ...
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Tola (5 Occurrences)
...WILLOW TREE. wil'-o-tre (tsaphtsaphah): Comparison with the Arabic cafcaf, "the
willow," makes it very probable that thc translation of Ezekiel 17:5 is correct. ...
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Wills (12 Occurrences)

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Zered (3 Occurrences)
... Zared, luxuriance; willow bush, a brook or valley communicating with the Dead Sea
near its southern extremity (Numbers 21:12; Deuteronomy 2:14). It is call. ...
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Gopher (1 Occurrence)
... A more probable explanation is that which connects gopher with the modern Arabic
kufa, a name given to the boats made of interwoven willow branches and palm ...
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Goodly (46 Occurrences)
... A citron is now carried in the synagogue by every orthodox Jew in one hand, and
the lalabh (of myrtle, willow, and palm branch) in the other, on each day of ...
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Wood (226 Occurrences)
... A more probable explanation is that which connects gopher with the modern Arabic
kufa, a name given to the boats made of interwoven willow branches and palm ...
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Will-offering (1 Occurrence)
Will-offering. Willing-offerings, Will-offering. Willow . Multi-Version
Concordance ... (Root in JPS ASV YLT). Willing-offerings, Will-offering. Willow . ...
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Bible Concordance

Willow (1 Occurrence)

Ezekiel 17:5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow tree.
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Subtopics

Willow

Willow Tree

Willow: Figurative

Willow: General Scriptures Concerning

Related Terms

Willow-tree (1 Occurrence)

Willows (5 Occurrences)

Tola (5 Occurrences)

Wills (12 Occurrences)

Zered (3 Occurrences)

Gopher (1 Occurrence)