Reference: Palmtree
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tamar. The Phoenix dactylifera, the date palm; for which Palestine was famous, as appears from the many names derived from it. Grows best at "fountains" (Ex 15:27; Nu 33:9 (See ELIM.), De 2:8 (See ELATH.) Jericho was "the city of palmtrees" (De 34:3; Jg 1:16; 3:13; 2Ch 28:15). (See JERICHO; HAZEZON TAMAR; ENGEDI; BAAL TAMAR.) (Jg 20:33). TAMAR the last town of Judaea, by the Dead Sea (Eze 47:19); Robinson makes its site El-Milh between Hebron and wady Muse. For TADMOR (2Ch 8:4) in 1Ki 9:18 the best reading is Tamar, "the palm city," Roman "Palmyra," on an oasis of the Syrian desert, in the caravan route between Damascus and the Euphrates. BETHANY means "house of dates"; thence the multitude took the palm branches to honor Christ (Joh 12:13), and from Olivet the people under Nehemiah (Ne 8:15) took palms, the tree named in instituting the feast of tabernacles (Le 23:40).
Phoenicia (Ac 11:19) takes its name from the palm; compare Phenice in Crete, Ac 27:12. From the uprightness and beauty of the palm the name Tamar was applied to women (Song 7:7; Ge 38:6; 2Sa 13:1; 14:27). The walls, doors, bases and posts of the temples of Solomon and Ezekiel (Eze 40:16,22,26,31,34,37; 41:18-20,25-26; 1Ki 6:29,32-35; 7:36) were decorated with palmtrees in relief. Rigid motionless uprightness is the point of comparison to the pagan idols in Jer 10:4-5. "The righteous shall flourish like the palmtree" (Ps 92:12); full of the "oil" of grace ever "fresh" (Ps 92:10), looking calmly down on the world below and bearing its precious fruit for generations. The psalm refers to the church in holy convocation on the Sabbath (title). The tabernacle is alluded to, the meeting place between God and His people; the oil-fed candlestick had the form of a tree with flowers and fruits.
The palm denotes the saint's spiritual beauty, ever fresh joy, and fruitfulness; his orderly upright aspect, perpetual verdure, rising from earth toward heaven. Also the elastic fibber sending it upward, however loaded with weights and agitated by winds, symbolizes the believer sitting already in heavenly places, in spite of earthly burdens (Col 3:1-2; Eph 2:6; Php 3:20; 4:6; Ac 20:23-24). Rough to the touch, encased below in dry bark, but fruitful and green above; so the saint despised below, beautiful above, straitened with many trials here, but there bearing fruit before God unto everlasting life (2Co 4:8-18). The "great multitude of all nations before the Lamb with palms in their hands" are antitypical to that which escorted Christ at His triumphal entry (Re 7:9, etc.). The palm symbolizes their joyful triumph after having come out of "the great tribulation."
The palm was carried with willows and thick trees (rabbinically called lulab) in the hand at the feast of tabernacles, the thanksgiving for the ingathered fruits, and the commemoration of Israel's 40 years' sojourn in tabernacles in the wilderness. The earthly feast shall be renewed in commemoration of Israel's wilderness-like dispersion and sojourn among the nations (Zec 14:16). The final and heavenly antitype is Re 7:9, etc. The palm is dioecious, i.e. the male stamens and female pistils are on different trees. Fertilization, or impregnating the female plant with the pollen of the male, is effected by insects or artificially. In Song 7:8 the "daughters of Jerusalem," no longer content with admiring, resolve, in spite of the height of the fruit at the utmost top of the palm, and the difficulty of climbing the stem, bore for a great height, to "take hold of the boughs" with their crown of fruit (Ps 34:8).
The palm grows from 30 to 80 feet, does not bear fruit for the first six or seven years, but will bear for a hundred (Ps 92:14). Slowly, but steadily and enduringly, the average crop is 100 pounds a year. The Arabs are said to have 360 designations for the palm and to enumerate 360 uses of it. The abortive fruit and date stones ground the camels eat. Of the leaves they make couches, baskets, bags, mats, brushes, fly flaps; from the trunk cages and fences; from the fibber of the leaves, thread for cordage; from the sap collected by cutting the head off, and scooping a hollow in the stem, a spirituous liquor. The pilgrims to Palestine used to bring home palms, from whence they were called "palmers." Vespasian's coin bore the palm and Zion as a woman sitting sadly beneath, and the legend "Judaea captive" (see p. 405). Once the prevalent fruit tree, it now is nowhere in Palestine except in the Philistine plain.
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And Judah gave Er, his eldest son, a wife whose name was Tamar.
And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water and seventy date trees, and they pitched there by the water.
And ye shall take you the first day, the fruits of goodly trees and the branches of palm trees and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook, and shall rejoice before the LORD seven days.
And they removed from Marah and went unto Elim where were twelve fountains and seventy palm trees and they pitched there.
And when we were departed from our brethren, the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir by the field way from Elath and Eziongeber, we turned and went the way to the wilderness of Moab.
and the south and the region of the plain of Jericho the city of date trees, even unto Zoar.
And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees, with the children of Judah, into the wilderness of Judah that lieth in the South of Arad, and dwelt among the people.
And this Eglon gathered unto him the children of Ammon, and the Amalekites, and went and smote the children of Israel, and conquered the city of palm trees.
And then all the men of Israel rose up out of their standing, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar. And likewise the layers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah,
And he built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store cities which he built in Hamath.
And so they caused it be declared and proclaimed in all their cities, and at Jerusalem, saying, "Go up unto the mount and fetch Olive branches, and Pine branches, Myrtle branches, Palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written."
O taste and see how friendly the LORD is; blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
But my horn shall be exalted like the horn of an unicorn; and shall be anointed with fresh oil.
The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
They shall also bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fat and well liking,
Thy stature is like a date tree, and thy breasts like the grapes. I said, I will climb up the date tree, and take hold of his branches. Thy breasts also shall be as the vine grapes, the smell of thy nostrils like the smell of apples,
they cover it over with gold or silver; they fasten it with nails and hammers, that it move not. It standeth as stiff as the palm tree, it can neither speak nor go, but must be borne. Be not ye afraid of such, for they can do neither good nor evil."
The chambers and the pillars within, round about unto the door, had side windows: So had the fore entries also, whose windows went round about within. And upon the pillars there stood date trees.
his windows and porches with his date trees, had even like measure as the door toward the east: there were seven steps to go up upon, and their porch before them.
with steps to go up upon: his porch stood before him, with his pillars and date trees on either side.
and his porch reached unto the uttermost court: upon his pillars there were date trees, and eight steps to go up upon.
His porches reached unto the uttermost court: his pillars also had date trees on either side, and eight steps to go up upon.
His pillars stood toward the uttermost court, and upon them both were date trees, and eight steps to go up upon.
There were Cherubims and date trees made also, so that one date tree stood ever betwixt two Cherubims. One Cherub had two faces, the face of a man looking aside toward the date tree, and a lion's face on the other side. Thus was it made round about in all the house; read more. Yea, the Cherubims and date trees were made from the ground up above the door, and so stood they also upon the wall of the temple.
And upon the doors of the temple there were made Cherubims and date trees, like as upon the walls: and a great thick balk of wood was before on the outside of the porch. Upon both the sides of the walls of the porch there were made deep windows and date trees, having beams and balks, like as the house had.
The south side is, from Tamar forth to the waters of strife unto Kadesh, the river, to the main sea: and that is the south part.
Every one that remaineth then of all the people, which came against Jerusalem, shall go up yearly, to worship the King, even the LORD of Hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
took branches of palm trees and went and met him, and cried, "Hosanna, blessed is he that in the name of the Lord cometh, King of Israel."
They which were scattered abroad through the affliction that arose about Stephen, walked throughout till they came unto Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to no man, but unto the Jews only.
but that the holy ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and trouble abide me. But none of those things move me. Neither is my life dear unto myself; that I might fulfill my course with joy, and the ministration which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, many took counsel to depart thence, if by any means they might attain to Phoenix and there to winter, which is a haven of Crete, and serveth to the southwest, and northwest wind.
We are troubled on every side, yet are we not without shift. We are in poverty: but not utterly without somewhat. We are persecuted: but are not forsaken. We are cast down: nevertheless we perish not. read more. And we always bear in our bodies the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus might appear in our bodies. For we which live, are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might appear in our mortal flesh. So then death worketh in us, and life in you. Seeing then that we have the same spirit of faith, according as it is written - "I believed and therefore have I spoken" - we also believe, and therefore speak. For we know that he which raised up the Lord Jesus, shall raise up us, also, by the means of Jesus, and shall set us with you; for all things I do for your sakes, that the plenteous grace by thanks given of many, may redound to the praise of God. Wherefore, we are not wearied: but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our exceeding tribulation, which is momentary and light, prepareth an exceeding and eternal weight of glory unto us, while we look not on the things which are seen, but on the things which are not seen. For things which are seen, are temporal: but things which are not seen are eternal.
and hath raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly things through Christ Jesus.
But our conversation is in heaven, from whence we look for a saviour, even the Lord Jesus Christ,
Be not careful: but in all things show your petition unto God in prayer and supplication with giving of thanks.
If ye be then risen again with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the righthand of God. Set your affection on things that are above, and not on things which are on the earth.
After this I beheld, and lo a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and people, and tongues, stood before the seat, and before the lamb, clothed with long white garments, and palms in their hands,
After this I beheld, and lo a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and people, and tongues, stood before the seat, and before the lamb, clothed with long white garments, and palms in their hands,