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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_60626" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_60626" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> HAZEL, n. ha'zl. A shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild farinaceous taste. </p> <p> HAZEL, a. ha'zl. Pertaining to the hazel or like it of a light brown color, like the hazel-nut. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66487" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66487" /> == | ||
<p> The word is <i> luz </i> , which is now thought to refer to the 'almond,' and is so translated in the | <p> The word is <i> luz </i> , which is now thought to refer to the 'almond,' and is so translated in the R.V. Genesis 30:37 . </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35827" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35827" /> == | ||
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_125494" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_125494" /> == | ||
<p> (n.) | <p> (n.) A kind of Oriental lyric, and usually erotic, poetry, written in recurring rhymes. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_40890" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_40890" /> == | ||
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== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15855" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15855" /> == | ||
<p> 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 [ | <p> 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]. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_43052" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_43052" /> == | ||
