Hazel
Bible Usage:
- hazel used once.
- Bible Reference: Genesis 30:37
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H3869 Used 1 time
Heb. luz, (Genesis 30:37), a nutbearing tree. The Hebrew word is rendered in the Vulgate by amygdalinus, "the almond-tree," which is probably correct. That tree flourishes in Syria.
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.
HAZEL, noun ha'zl. A shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild farinaceous taste.
HAZEL, adjective ha'zl. Pertaining to the hazel or like it; of a light brown color, like the hazel-nut.
HA'ZEL-EARTH, noun A kind of red loam.
sorrow of countenance
Daughter of Etam.
1 Chronicles 4:3
(shade coming upon me), the sister of the sons of Etam in the genealogies of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:3)
HA'ZELLY, adjective Of the color of the hazelnut; of a light brown.
HA'ZEL-NUT, noun The nut or fruit of the hazel.