TREES
Thompson Chain Reference (1934)
(1) Laws Concerning
(2) Evil
(3) Saints as
(4) Varieties Mentioned
- Almond
- Aloes
- Apple
- Ash
- Bay
- Box
- Cedars
- Cedars of Lebanon
- Chestnut
- Cypress
- Fig
- Fir
- Juniper
- Mulberry
- Myrtle
- Oaks
- Oil
- Olive
- Palm
- Pine
- Pomegranate
- Shittah
- Sycomore
- Teil
- Willows
Torrey's New Topical Textbook
Originally created by God
Made for the glory of God
Of various sizes
Given as food to the animal creation
Designed to beautify the earth
Each kind has its own seed for propagating its species
Often propagated by birds who carry the seeds along with them
Planted by man
Each kind of, known by its fruit
Specially flourished beside the rivers and streams of water
When cut down often sprouted from their roots again
Were sold with the land on which they grew
Afford an agreeable shade in eastern countries during the heat of the day
God increases and multiplies the fruit of, for his people
God often renders, barren as a punishment
Early custom of planting, in consecrated grounds
Solomon wrote the history of
DIFFERENT KINDS OF MENTIONED
Of the wood
Of the forest
Bearing fruit
Evergreen
Deciduous or casting the leaves
PARTS OF MENTIONED
The roots
The stem or trunk
The branches
The tender shoots
The leaves
The fruit or seeds
NOURISHED
By the earth
By the rain from heaven
Through their own sap
OFTEN SUFFERED FROM
Locusts
Hail and frost
Fire
Desolating armies
WERE CUT DOWN
With axes
For building
By besieging armies for erecting forts
For making idols
For fuel
THE JEWS
Prohibited from planting in consecrated places
Prohibited from cutting down fruit bearing, for sieges
Often pitched their tents under
Often buried under
Often executed criminals on
Considered trees on which criminals were executed abominable
MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
Almond
Almug or algum
Apple
Ash
Bay
Box
Cedar
Chestnut
Cyprus
Fig
Fir
Juniper
Lign-aloes
Mulberry
Myrtle
Mustard
Oak
Oil-tree
Olive
Palm
Pine
Pomegranate
Shittah or shittim
Sycamore
Teil
Vine
Willow
ILLUSTRATIVE
Of Christ
Of wisdom
Of kings, &c
Of the life and conversation of the righteous
(Green,) of the innocence of Christ
(Good and fruitful,) of saints
(Evergreen,) of saints
(Duration of,) of continued prosperity of saints
(Casting their leaves yet retaining their substance,) of the elect remnant in the church
(Barren,) of the wicked
(Shaking of the leaves off,) of the terror of the wicked
(Producing evil fruit,) of the wicked
(Dry,) of useless persons
(Dry,) of the wicked ripe for judgment