H5687 עָבֹת (ʻâbôth) aw-both'

Hebrew

Adjective (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

leafy

Strong's Definition

intwined, i.e. dense

Derivation: or עָבוֹת; from H5686 (עָבַת);

KJV Usage: thick.

TWOT Reference: 1558a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) having interwoven foliage, leafy, dense with foliage

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עָבוֹת (a.vot) — leafy. having interwoven foliage, leafy, dense with foliage

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עָבֹות (H5687) — עֲבֹות

adj · עבת

Trees

leafy (tree) = state in which a tree has an abundance of leaves

LEV 23:40 · NEH 8:15 · EZK 6:13 · EZK 20:28

noun m · עבת

Trees

branch = part of a tree which grows out of the trunk or a bough

PSA 118:27

Trees

leafy trees = a tree with an abundance of leaves

EZK 19:11 · EZK 31:3 · EZK 31:10 · EZK 31:14

¹ PSA 118:27 RSV NJB NRSV GNT "branches" NIV "boughs" CEV "palm branches" | NJPS REB ESV "cords" ² EZK 19:11 NEB GNT "clouds" ³ EZK 31:3 · EZK 31:10 · EZK 31:14 RSV NJB NRSV GNT ESV "clouds" CEV "sky"

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עָבוֹת adj. having interwoven foliage, leafy base

Bible Occurrences (4)

23:40

8:15

6:13 20:28

Leviticus 23:40

On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.

Nehemiah 8:15

and that they should proclaim this message and spread [it] throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive,... wild olive,... myrtle,... palm,... and [other] leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.

Ezekiel 6:13

Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops..., and under every green... tree [and] leafy oak— the places where they offered... fragrant incense to all their idols.

Ezekiel 20:28

When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high... hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up... their fragrant incense, and poured out... their drink offerings.