HOLM-TREE

hom'-tre:

(1) tirzah (Isaiah 44:14, the King James Version "cypress"): The name, from the root meaning (compare Arabic taraza) "to be hard," implies some very hard wood. Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) has ilex, which is Latin for holm oak, so named from its holly-like leaves (hollen in Old English = "holly"); this translation has now been adopted, but it is doubtful.

(2) prinos, Susanna verse 58. This is the ilex or holm oak. There is a play on the words prinos and prisai (literally, "saw") in verses 58 and 59 (see SUSANNA). The evergreen or holm oak is represented by two species in Palestine, Quercus ilex and Q. coccifera. The leaf of both species is somewhat like a small holly leaf, is glossy green and usually spiny. The Q. ilex is insignificant, but Q. coccifera is a magnificent tree growing to a height of 40 ft. or more, and often found in Palestine flourishing near sacred tombs, and itself not infrequently the object of superstitious veneration.

E. W. G. Masterman

A Letter to Origen from Africanus About the History of Susanna.
... And when the one said, "Under a holm-tree" (prinos), he answered that the angel
would saw him asunder (prisein); and in a similar fashion menaced the other who ...
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A Letter from Origen to Africanus.
... the Spirit, he placed them apart, and asked them severally where they saw her
committing adultery; and when the one said, Under a holm-tree' (prinos) he ...
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Holmtree
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia HOLM-TREE. hom'-tre: (1) tirzah (Isaiah
44:14, the King James Version "cypress"): The name, from ...
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Holm-tree
Holm-tree. Holmtree, Holm-tree. Holofernes . Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia
HOLM-TREE. ... EWG Masterman. Holmtree, Holm-tree. Holofernes . Reference Bible
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Cypress (17 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Hebrews tirzah, "hardness"), mentioned only in Isaiah
44:14 (RV, "holmtree"). ... si'-pres. See HOLM-TREE. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Holofernes

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Holm-oak (1 Occurrence)
Holm-oak. Hollows, Holm-oak. Holmtree . Multi-Version Concordance Holm-oak
(1 Occurrence). ... (See JPS). Hollows, Holm-oak. Holmtree . Reference Bible.
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Susanna (1 Occurrence)
... under a mastick tree")... schisei ("will cut"); verses 58, prinon ("under
a holmtree")... prisai ("to cut"). But this last word ...
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History (57 Occurrences)
... under a mastick tree")... schisei ("will cut"); verses 58, prinon ("under
a holmtree")... prisai ("to cut"). But this last word ...
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Holm-Tree

Holm-tree

Cypress (17 Occurrences)

Holofernes

Holm-oak (1 Occurrence)

Susanna (1 Occurrence)

History (57 Occurrences)

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