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Teil-Tree

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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is properly the linden-tree, or Tilia Europcaus of botanists. It is mentioned in the A. V., in Isaiah 6:13, "as a teil tree, and as an oak;" but as in the Hebrew the word is אֵלָה , elâ h, usually rendered "oak," by many supposed to be the terebinth, or "turpentine-tree," there is no reason for giving it a different signification in this from what it has in other passages. (See OAK).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Teil-Tree'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​t/teil-tree.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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