Chestnut tree - Biblical Meaning of chestnut tree in Eastons Bible Dictionary (Bible History Online)

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Chestnut tree
(Heb. "'armon"; i.e., "naked"), mentioned in connection with Jacob's artifice regarding the cattle (Gen. 30:37). It is one of the trees of which, because of its strength and beauty, the Assyrian empire is likened (Ezek. 31:8; R.V., "plane trees"). It is probably the Oriental plane tree (Platanus orientalis) that is intended. It is a characteristic of this tree that it annually sheds its outer bark, becomes "naked." The chestnut tree proper is not a native of Israel. Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. M.A., D.D., "Biblical Meaning for 'chestnut tree' Eastons Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Eastons; 1897.

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