AUGUR'S OAK

o'-gurs' ok: If we translated the Hebrew verb `onen, "to practice augury" (see AUGURY) we should in Judges 9:37 for "the oak of Meonemm" render "the augurs' oak" as in the Revised Version, margin, for the last word is simply the part. of the same verb and means "one who practices augury," though there is some doubt as to the exact connotation of the word. See under DIVINATION.

The English Versions of the Bible make this noun the name of a place; but no such place is known and the derivation and form of the word are clear and certain. We have a similar phrase similarly misunderstood by our translators in Genesis 12:6 where the "oak of Moreh" should be "the oak" (or "terebinth?") "of the diviner" or "augur," for moreh is also a part. = "one who teaches" or "directs." Probably the same tree is meant, since in each ease the neighborhood is that of Shechem. The worship of trees, or rather the deity supposed to make them his home, has prevailed very widely. See W. R. Smith, Rel. Semitic. (2), 195; compare Judges 4:5 2 Samuel 5:24 and "the oak of Zeus at Dodona." In Judges 9:6 we read of a "matstsebhah, oak tree": the tree with an altar on which sacrifices were offered. The oak trees of Genesis 12:6 and of Judges 9:37, if two distinct trees are meant, would be trees which the Canaanites had been in the habit of consulting: hence, the name.

T. Witton Davies

The Sack of Rome
... Before assuming office, he studied gravely the sacred fowls in their cages, traced
circles in the sky with the augur's wand, and marked the flight of birds. ...
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The Upbringing of Jewish Children
... Then Proverbs 31 embodies the words of Augur's royal brother, even "the words of
Lemuel, king of Massa, with which his mother taught him." If the very names of ...
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Augur's
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia AUGUR'S OAK. o'-gurs' ok: If we translated
the Hebrew verb `onen, "to practice augury" (see AUGURY ...
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Oak (22 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The strong wood or timber of the oak. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
AUGUR'S OAK. ... Where this tree stood is not known. See AUGUR'S OAK. MOREH, OAK OF. ...
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Augury (5 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage.
3. (n.) A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur. Int. ...
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Auguries (4 Occurrences)

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Meonenim (1 Occurrence)
... Judges 9:6, etc.). Where this tree stood is not known. See AUGUR'S OAK.
Multi-Version Concordance Meonenim (1 Occurrence). Judges 9:37 ...
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Divination (25 Occurrences)
... customary in reciting the prescribed formula (see CHARM). For "oak of the
me`onim" see AUGUR'S OAK. Some say the word means one who ...
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