Hazel

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Genesis 30:37

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

luz . Rather the "almond," Genesis 30:37 (Gesenius).

Holman Bible Dictionary

Genesis 30:37

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

HAZEL ( Genesis 30:37 ). See Almond.

King James Dictionary

HAZEL, n. ha'zl. A shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild farinaceous taste.

HAZEL, a. ha'zl. Pertaining to the hazel or like it of a light brown color, like the hazel-nut.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

The word is luz , which is now thought to refer to the 'almond,' and is so translated in the R.V. Genesis 30:37 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Hazel. The Hebrew term luz occurs only in Genesis 30:37. Authorities are divided between the hazel and the almond tree as representing the luz. The latter is most probably correct.

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A kind of Oriental lyric, and usually erotic, poetry, written in recurring rhymes.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

hā´z ' 50 ( Genesis 30:37 the King James Version). See Almond .

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Hazel occurs only once in the Old Testament, namely, in , where it indicates one of the kinds of rod from which Jacob peeled the bark and which he placed in the water-troughs of the cattle. Luz is translated hazel in the Authorized Version, as well as in several others; in some it is rendered by words equivalent to 'walnut,' but 'almond' appears to be its true meaning; for the same word denotes that tree in the Arabic language [ALMOND TREE].

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Hazel'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/h/hazel.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.