OLIVE

–(A fruit tree)

–Branch of, brought by the dove to Noah’s ark Ge 8:11

–Common to the land of Canaan Ex 23:11; De 6:11; 8:8

–Israelites commanded to cultivate in the land of promise De 28:40

–Branches of, used for booths (huts) Ne 8:15

–Bears flowers Job 15:33

–Precepts concerning gleaning the fruit of De 24:20; Isa 17:6

–The cherubs made of the wood of 1Ki 6:23,31-33

–Fable of Jud 9:8

–FIGURATIVE

.Of prosperity Ps 128:3

.The wild, a figure of the Gentiles; the cultivated, of the Jews Ro 11:17-21,24

–SYMBOLICAL Zec 4:2-12; Re 11:4

–FRUIT OF

.Oil extracted from, used as illuminating oil in the tabernacle Ex 39:37; Le 24:2; Zec 4:12

.See OIL