4528 trees

Large, woody plants with trunk, branches, leaves and roots, noted for their long lives. Scripture refers to many different varieties of tree.

God’s creation of trees

Ge 1:11-12

Acacia

Ex 37:1-5 See also Ex 25:1-16,23; Ex 26:15,26; Ex 27:1,6; Ex 30:1; Ex 36:36; Ex 37:25; Ex 38:1; Dt 10:3; Isa 41:19

Almond tree

Jer 1:11-12 See also Ge 30:37-39; Ex 25:31-34 pp Ex 37:17-20; Ecc 12:5

Almug-wood

1Ki 10:11-12

Balsam tree

2Sa 5:22-25 pp 1Ch 14:13-16

Broom tree

Job 30:4 See also 1Ki 19:3-4; Ps 120:4

Cedar tree

Eze 31:3 See also 1Ki 4:33; 1Ki 10:27; Ps 92:12-15

Cypress tree

Isa 44:14 See also Ge 6:14; Isa 41:19; Isa 60:13; Eze 27:6

Fig-tree

Mic 4:4 See also Dt 8:7-9; Lk 21:29-31

Fir tree

Isa 41:19-20 See also Isa 60:13

Myrtle

Isa 55:13 See also Isa 41:19; Zec 1:8-11

Oak tree

Jos 24:26 See also Ge 35:4,8; Jdg 6:11-19; 2Sa 18:9-14; 1Ki 13:13-14; Ps 29:9; Ps 56:1; Isa 1:29-30; Isa 2:12-13; Isa 6:13; Isa 44:14; Isa 57:5; Isa 61:3; Eze 6:13; Eze 27:6; Hos 4:13; Am 2:9; Zec 11:2

Olive tree

Ps 52:8 See also Jdg 9:8-9; Zec 4:1-14; Ro 11:24

Palm tree

Nu 33:9 See also Ex 15:27; 1Ki 6:29,35; 2Ch 3:5; Ps 92:12; SS 7:8; Eze 40:16; Eze 41:17-20

Pine tree

Isa 60:13 See also 1Ki 6:15; 1Ki 9:11; 2Ki 19:23 pp Isa 37:24; Isa 14:8; Isa 41:19; Isa 55:13; Eze 27:5; Eze 31:8; Hos 14:8; Zec 11:2

Plane trees

Ge 30:37 See also Eze 31:8

Poplar tree

Isa 44:4 See also Ge 30:37; Hos 4:13

Sycamore-fig tree

1Ki 10:27 pp 2Ch 1:15 pp 2Ch 9:27

Terebinth tree

Isa 6:13 See also Hos 4:13

Willow tree

Eze 17:5-6

Great trees

Ge 13:18 See also Ge 14:13; Ge 18:1; Dt 11:30

Symbolic use of trees

As a symbol of permanence or long life Isa 65:22

As a symbol of well-being Ps 1:3; Jer 17:8

As a means of execution Dt 21:23; Ac 5:30; Gal 3:13; 1Pe 2:24

As bearers of fruit Mt 3:10; Mt 7:17-19; Mt 12:33; Lk 6:43-44

The trees of life and knowledge Ge 2:9; Rev 2:7; Rev 22:2,14

As an example of distorted vision Mk 8:24

See also