Words the Bible translates as terebinth
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- elahאֵלָהElah: a man's name in Israel and Edom, borne by five unrelated men, and spelled exactly like the Hebrew word for a large tree.
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- the Valley of Elah: the valley in the low hills between the Philistine plain and the hill country of Judah where Israel faced the Philistines and David killed Goliath.
- elahאֵלָהa terebinth: a large, broad shade tree of the hills and the dry country, and in most places one particular tree that people knew and could walk to
- elonאֵלוֹןa great tree known by name: one particular landmark tree, and in most cases a holy place where God was met or an oracle sought
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