Bible Dictionary: Leaf

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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Of a tree. The olive-leaf mentioned Genesis 8:11. The barren fig-tree had nothing but leaves (Matthew 21:19; Mark 11:13). The oak-leaf is mentioned Isaiah 1:30; 6:13. There are numerous allusions to leaves, their flourishing, their decay, and their restoration (Leviticus 26:36; Isaiah 34:4; Jeremiah 8:13; Dan. 4:12, 14, 21; Mark 11:13; 13:28). The fresh leaf is a symbol of prosperity (Psalm 1:3; Jeremiah 17:8; Ezek. 47:12); the faded, of decay (Job 13:25; Isaiah 1:30; 64:6; Jeremiah 8:13).

Leaf of a door (1 Kings 6:34), the valve of a folding door.

Leaf of a book (Jeremiah 36:23), perhaps a fold of a roll.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage.

2. (n.) A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril.

3. (n.) Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.

4. (v. i.) To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

LEAF; LEAVES

lef, levz: Used in three different senses, with reference:

(1) To trees (`aleh, "a coming up"), Genesis 3:7; Genesis 8:11 Leviticus 26:36 (Tereph); Ezekiel 17:9; phullon. Figuratively

(a) of spiritual blessings (Ezekiel 47:12; compare Revelation 22:2) and prosperity (Psalm 1:3);

(b) of moral decay (Isaiah 64:6), and

(c) of a formal, empty profession (Matthew 21:19).

(2) To a book (deleth), Jeremiah 36:23 (margin "columns"; see 36:2); as the parchment was gradually unfolded the successive columns could be read.

(3) To doors (tsela`, "side," qela`,"a screen," "hanging"), 1 Kings 6:34. The door of the Holy Place consisted of two halves, but each half had two leaves (compare Ezekiel 41:24).

M. O. Evans

Greek

5444. phullon -- a leaf
... phullon. 5445 . a leaf. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: phullon
Phonetic Spelling: (fool'-lon) Short Definition: a leaf Definition: a leaf. ...
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3200. membrana -- parchment
... parchment. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: membrana Phonetic Spelling:
(mem-bran'-ah) Short Definition: a parchment leaf Definition: a parchment ...
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4439. pule -- a gate
... a gate, porch. Apparently a primary word; a gate, ie The leaf or wing of a folding
entrance (literally or figuratively) -- gate. (pulai) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5929. aleh -- leaf, leafage
... 5928, 5929. aleh. 5930 . leaf, leafage. Transliteration: aleh Phonetic
Spelling: (aw-leh') Short Definition: leaf. Word Origin from ...
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2964. tereph -- prey, food, a leaf
... 2963, 2964. tereph. 2965 . prey, food, a leaf. Transliteration: tereph Phonetic
Spelling: (teh'-ref) Short Definition: prey. ... leaf, meat, prey, spoil. ...
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6763. tsela -- rib, side
... chambers (10), sides (5), walls (1). beam, board, chamber, corner, leaf,
plank, rib, side chamber. Or (feminine) tsaltah {tsal-aw ...
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1817. deleth -- a door
... door two-leaved, gate, leaf, lid. From dalah; something swinging, ie The valve of
a door -- door (two-leaved), gate, leaf, lid. (In Psa. 141:3, dal, irreg.). ...
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7050. qela' -- a sling
... hanging, leaf, sling From qala'; a sling; also a (door) screen (as if slung across),
or the valve (of the door) itself -- hanging, leaf, sling. ...
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3689. kesel -- loins, stupidity, confidence
... From kacal; properly, fatness, ie By implication (literally) the loin (as the seat
of the leaf fat) or (generally) the viscera; also (figuratively) silliness ...
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3712. kippah -- a branch, frond (of a palm tree)
... of kaph Definition a branch, frond (of a palm tree) NASB Word Usage palm branch
(3). branch. Feminine of kaph; a leaf of a palm-tree -- branch. see HEBREW kaph. ...
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Library

September the Seventeenth the Never-Withering Leaf
... SEPTEMBER The Seventeenth THE NEVER-WITHERING LEAF. JEREMIAH xvii.5-11.
Let me look at "the blessed man" in the interpreting symbol ...
/.../september the seventeenth the never-withering.htm

"And we all do Fade as a Leaf, and Our Iniquities, Like the Wind ...
... Sermon XVII. "And we all do fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the
wind, have taken us away.". Isaiah lxiv.6.""And we all ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon xvii and we all.htm

"All Our Righteousnesses are as Filthy Rags, and we all do Fade as ...
... Sermon XVI. "All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags, and we all do fade as
a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.". ...
/.../the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon xvi all our righteousnesses.htm

Death to Sin is the Way Out into a Life of Holiness.
... The first hour that the sap begins to withdraw, and the leaf-stalk begins to silt
up, the leaf's fate is sealed: there is never a moment's reversal of the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/trotter/parables of the cross/death to sin is the.htm

Letter iii. True Religion a Work of Grace in the Heart; but it ...
... "And he (the righteous) shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season: his leaf shall not wither.""PS.1:3. ...
/.../letter iii true religion a.htm

A Funeral Oration.
... Some profess to know, but they know not. Where have last summer's roses gone? What
will become of yon dry leaf, torn from its parent stem by this wintry blast? ...
/.../a funeral oration.htm

Death to Sin's Penalty is the Way Out into a Life of Justification ...
... where it ceases to keep its rag of former existence, and lets everything go to the
fresh shoot: the twig must withdraw its sap from last year's leaf, and let ...
/.../trotter/parables of the cross/death to sins penalty is.htm

The Fourth Season,
... " I will send faintness into their hearts in the land of their enemies, and the
sound of a shaking leaf shall chase them." What poor spirited men are those, to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/flavel/on keeping the heart/iv the fourth season.htm

Roots
... "Is the rice ready?". "No.". "Then give me some betel leaf," and she settles down
to roll small pieces of lime into little balls, and these balls she rolls up in ...
/.../wilson-carmichael/things as they are/chapter viii roots.htm

"God with Us"
... There is no leaf of the forest, or lowly blade of grass, but has its ministry.
Every tree and shrub and leaf pours forth that element ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 1 god with us.htm

Thesaurus

Leaf (20 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Of a tree. The olive-leaf mentioned Genesis
8:11. The ... 13). The oak-leaf is mentioned Isaiah 1:30; 6:13. ...
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Olive-leaf (1 Occurrence)
Olive-leaf. Olive-gardens, Olive-leaf. Olive-oil . Multi-Version
Concordance Olive-leaf (1 Occurrence). Genesis 8:11 ...
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Fade (16 Occurrences)
... 28:1, 4; 40:7, 8); once it is the translation of balal "to well up," "to overflow";
perhaps from nabhal (Isaiah 64:6, "We all do fade as a leaf"); in the New ...
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Fadeth (9 Occurrences)
... Psalms 1:3 And he is as a tree planted by brooks of water, which giveth its fruit
in its season, and whose leaf fadeth not; and all that he doeth prospereth. ...
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Pan (26 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A leaf of gold or silver. 4. (vt & i.) To join or fit together; to unite.
5. (n.) The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. ...
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Wither (30 Occurrences)
... (See JPS RSV). Psalms 1:3 He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water,
that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. ...
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Logia
... They began work on the ruins of the town, January 11, 1897, and on the following
day discovered a papyrus leaf inscribed with a number of sayings introduced by ...
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Leaves (55 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Plural of Leaf. 2. (n.) pl. of Leaf. Int.
Standard Bible Encyclopedia. LEAF; LEAVES. lef, levz: Used ...
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Fig-tree (33 Occurrences)
... of Palestine have shed all their leaves, and they remain bare until about the end
of March, when they commence putting forth their tender leaf buds (Matthew 24 ...
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Figtree
... of Palestine have shed all their leaves, and they remain bare until about the end
of March, when they commence putting forth their tender leaf buds (Matthew 24 ...
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Bible Concordance

Leaf (20 Occurrences)

Matthew 24:32 "Now learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. As soon as its branches have now become soft and it is bursting into leaf, you all know that summer is near.
(WEY)

Mark 4:28 The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.
(BBE)

Mark 11:13 But in the distance He saw a fig-tree in full leaf, and went to see whether perhaps He could find some figs on it. When however He came to it, He found nothing but leaves (for it was not fig time)
(WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 13:28 "Learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. As soon as its branch has become soft and it is bursting into leaf, you know that summer is near.
(WEY)

Luke 21:30 When they put out their young leaves, you take note of it, and it is clear to you that summer is coming.
(See RSV)

Genesis 8:11 The dove came back to him at evening, and, behold, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from the earth.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 39:3 They beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, in the purple, in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skillful workman.
(See RSV)

Leviticus 26:36 "'As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight; and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword; and they will fall when no one pursues.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 13:25 Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 15:32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be leafy.
(Root in JPS BBE)

Job 41:29 A thick stick is no better than a leaf of grass, and he makes sport of the onrush of the spear.
(BBE)

Psalms 1:3 He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 11:28 He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.
(WEB ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 1:30 For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Isaiah 34:4 All of the army of the sky will be dissolved. The sky will be rolled up like a scroll, and all its armies will fade away, as a leaf fades from off a vine or a fig tree.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Isaiah 64:5 For we have all become like an unclean person, and all our good acts are like a dirty robe: and we have all become old like a dead leaf, and our sins, like the wind, take us away.
(BBE)

Isaiah 64:6 For we have all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is as a polluted garment: and we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 8:13 I will utterly consume them, says Yahweh: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Jeremiah 17:8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 47:12 By the river on its bank, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall its fruit fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because its waters issue out of the sanctuary; and its fruit shall be for food, and its leaf for healing.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Subtopics

Leaf

Related Terms

Olive-leaf (1 Occurrence)

Fade (16 Occurrences)

Fadeth (9 Occurrences)

Pan (26 Occurrences)

Wither (30 Occurrences)

Logia

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Fig-tree (33 Occurrences)

Figtree