Palm (palm tree) - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Palm (palm tree)

[ 1,,G5404, phoinix ]
denotes the date palm;" it is used of "palm" trees in John 12:13, from which branches were taken; of the branches themselves in Revelation 7:9. The "palm" gave its name to Phoenicia and to Phoenix in Crete, Acts 27:12, RV. Jericho was the city of "palm trees," Deuteronomy 34:3; Judges 1:16; Judges 3:13; 2 Chronicles 28:15. They were plentiful there in the time of Christ.

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