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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Mulberry

The Bible

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  • Included in Eastons: Yes
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: No
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: No
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Mulberry

Heb. bakah, "to weep;" rendered "Baca" (R.V., "weeping") in Psalms 84:6. The plural form of the Hebrew bekaim is rendered "mulberry trees" in 2 Samuel 5:23, 24 and 1 Chronicles 14:14, 15. The tree here alluded to was probably the aspen or trembling poplar. "We know with certainty that the black poplar, the aspen, and the Lombardy poplar grew in Palestine. The aspen, whose long leaf-stalks cause the leaves to tremble with every breath of wind, unites with the willow and the oak to overshadow the watercourses of the Lebanon, and with the oleander and the acacia to adorn the ravines of Southern Palestine" (Kitto). By "the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees" we are to understand a rustling among the trees like the marching of an army. This was the signal that the Lord himself would lead forth David's army to victory. (See SYCAMINE TREE.)


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Mulberry

MUL'BERRY, noun The berry or fruit of a true of the genus Morus.


Naves Topical Index
Mulberry Tree

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Mulberry-tree

MUL'BERRY-TREE, noun The tree which produces the mulberry.