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Flower

Very few species of flowers are mentioned in the Bible although they abounded in Palestine. It has been calculated that in Western Syria and Palestine from two thousand to two thousand five hundred plants are found, of which about five hundred probably are British wild-flowers. This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
  • Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
  • Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G0438, H6733, H5328, H5339
Hebrew
צִיץ · tsîytsâh
Greek
ἄνθος · anthos

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἄνθος

G0438
Transliteration
anthos
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-N
Indexed occurrences
4

Glosses

flower

Lexicon definition

ἄνθος, -εος, τό [in LXX for צִיץ, etc. ;] a flower: Jas.1:10-11. 1Pe.1:24" (LXX) .† (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

צִיץ

H6731
Transliteration
tsîyts
Pronunciation
tseets
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
15

Glosses

blossom, flower, plate, wing.

Lexicon definition

properly, glistening, i.e. a burnished plate

also a flower (as bright-colored)

a wing (as gleaming in the air)

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Flowers

Very few species of flowers are mentioned in the Bible although they abounded in Palestine. It has been calculated that in Western Syria and Palestine from two thousand to two thousand five hundred plants are found, of which about five hundred probably are British wild-flowers. Their beauty is often alluded to (Cant. 2:12; Matt. 6:28). They are referred to as affording an emblem of the transitory nature of human life (Job 14:2; Ps. 103:15; Isa. 28:1; 40:6; James 1:10). Gardens containing flowers and fragrant herbs are spoken of (Cant. 4:16; 6:2).

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Flower

Indexed occurrences: 8

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Strong's Concordance

Flowers

Indexed occurrences: 12

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All Scripture references19 references

1 Kings 5

1 Kings 6:181 Kings 6:291 Kings 6:321 Kings 6:351 Kings 7:49

2 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 4:21

Job 1

Job 14:2

Psalms 1

Psalms 103:15

Isaiah 6

Isaiah 18:5Isaiah 28:1Isaiah 28:4Isaiah 40:6Isaiah 40:7Isaiah 40:8

Nahum 1

Nahum 1:4

Acts 1

Acts 14:13

James 2

James 1:10James 1:11

1 Peter 1

1 Peter 1:24

Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

FLOWERS

Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for FLOWERS.

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FLOWERS

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Dictionary

Camphire

(Heb. copher), mentioned in Cant. 1:14 (R.V., "henna-flowers"); 4:13 (R.V., "henna"), is the al-henna of the Arabs, a native of Egypt, producing clusters of small white and yellow odoriferous flowers, whence is made the Oleum Cyprineum. From its leaves is made the peculiar auburn dye with which Eastern women stain their nails and the palms of their hands. It is found only at Engedi, on the shore of the Dead Sea. It is known to botanists by the name Lawsonia alba or inermis, a kind of privet, which grows 6 or 8 feet high. The margin of the Authorized Version of the passages above referred to has "or cypress," not with reference to the conifer so called, but to the circumstance that one of the most highly appreciated species of this plant grew in the island of Cyprus.

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Flowers

Very few species of flowers are mentioned in the Bible although they abounded in Palestine. It has been calculated that in Western Syria and Palestine from two thousand to two thousand five hundred plants are found, of which about five hundred probably are British wild-flowers. Their beauty is often alluded to (Cant. 2:12; Matt. 6:28). They are referred to as affording an emblem of the transitory nature of human life (Job 14:2; Ps. 103:15; Isa. 28:1; 40:6; James 1:10). Gardens containing flowers and fragrant herbs are spoken of (Cant. 4:16; 6:2).

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Garlands

(Acts 14:13). In heathen sacrifices the victims were adorned with fillets and garlands made of wool, with leaves and flowers interwoven. The altar and the priests and attendants were also in like manner adorned.

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Jacinth

Properly a flower of a reddish blue or deep purple (hyacinth), and hence a precious stone of that colour (Rev. 21:20). It has been supposed to designate the same stone as the ligure (Heb. leshem) mentioned in Ex. 28:19 as the first stone of the third row in the high priest's breast-plate. In Rev. 9:17 the word is simply descriptive of colour.

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Mandrakes

Hebrew dudaim; i.e., "love-plants", occurs only in Gen. 30:14-16 and Cant. 7:13. Many interpretations have been given of this word dudaim. It has been rendered "violets," "Lilies," "jasmines," "truffles or mushrooms," "flowers," the "citron," etc. The weight of authority is in favour of its being regarded as the Mandragora officinalis of botanists, "a near relative of the night-shades, the apple of Sodom' and the potato plant." It possesses stimulating and narcotic properties (Gen. 30:14-16). The fruit of this plant resembles the potato-apple in size, and is of a pale orange colour. It has been called the "love-apple." The Arabs call it "Satan's apple." It still grows near Jerusalem, and in other parts of Palestine.

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Saffron

Heb. karkom, Arab. zafran (i.e., "yellow"), mentioned only in Cant. 4:13, 14; the Crocus sativus. Many species of the crocus are found in Palestine. The pistils and stigmata, from the centre of its flowers, are pressed into "saffron cakes," common in the East. "We found," says Tristram, "saffron a very useful condiment in travelling cookery, a very small pinch of it giving not only a rich yellow colour but an agreable flavour to a dish of rice or to an insipid stew."

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Ziz

flower; branch; a lock of hair

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