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Palm (palm tree)

Palm (palm tree) denotes "the date palm;" it is used of "palm" trees in Joh 12:13, from which branches were taken; of the branches themselves in Rev 7:9. The "palm" gave its name to Phoenicia and to Phoenix in...

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Palm (palm tree) <1,,5404, phoinix>

denotes "the date palm;" it is used of "palm" trees in Joh 12:13, from which branches were taken; of the branches themselves in Rev 7:9. The "palm" gave its name to Phoenicia and to Phoenix in Crete, Act 27:12, RV. Jericho was the city of "palm trees," Deu 34:3, Jdg 1:16, Jdg 3:13, 2Ch 28:15. They were plentiful there in the time of Christ.

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