Often grew wild
Romans 11:17
CULTIVATED In olive yards
1 Samuel 8:14; Nehemiah 5:11
Among rocks
Deuteronomy 32:13
On the sides of mountains
Matthew 21:1
Canaan abounded in
Deuteronomy 6:11; 8:8
Assyria abounded in
2 Kings 18:32
Kings of Israel largely cultivated
1 Chronicles 27:28
DESCRIBED AS Green
Jeremiah 11:16
Fair and beautiful
Jeremiah 11:16; Hosea 14:6
Fat and unctuous
Judges 9:9; Romans 11:17
Bearing goodly fruit
Jeremiah 11:16; James 3:12
Grafting of, alluded to
Romans 11:24
Pruning of, alluded to
Romans 11:18,19
Often cast its flowers
Job 15:33
Often cast its fruit
Deuteronomy 28:40
Often suffered from caterpillars
Amos 4:9
Good for the service of God and man
Judges 9:9
Oil procured from
Exodus 27:20; Deuteronomy 8:8
USED FOR MAKING The cherubim in the temple
1 Kings 6:23
The doors and posts of the temple
1 Kings 6:31-33
Booths at feast of tabernacles
Nehemiah 8:15
Beaten to remove the fruit
Deuteronomy 24:20
Shaken when fully ripe
Isaiah 17:6
Gleaning of, left for the poor
Deuteronomy 24:20
Fruit of, during sabbatical year left for the poor, &c
Exodus 23:11
The fruit of, trodden in presses to extract the oil
Micah 6:15; Haggai 2:16
Failure of, a great calamity
Habakkuk 3:17,18
ILLUSTRATIVE Of Christ
Romans 11:17,24; Zechariah 4:3,12
Of the Jewish church
Jeremiah 11:16
Of the righteous
Psalm 52:8; Hosea 14:6
Of children of pious parents
Psalm 128:3
Of the two witnesses
Revelation 11:3,4
(When wild,) of the Gentiles
Romans 11:17,24
(Gleaning of,) of the remnant of grace
Isaiah 17:6; 24:13
Probably origin of its being the emblem of peace
Genesis 8:11