1. tree, trees — A perennial woody plant with a trunk and branches, used both literally of physical trees in nature and figuratively in parables and apocalyptic imagery. The singular and plural forms represent the same core botanical referent with no semantic differentiation. Multilingual glosses confirm uniform meaning across number: Spanish 'árbol/árboles,' Arabic 'شَجَرَة/الأَشْجَار,' Hindi 'पेड़/पेड़ों,' Korean '나무/나무들,' Swahili 'mti/miti.' NT occurrences include the parable of the fig tree (Matt 24:32; Mark 13:28; Luke 21:29), the tree known by its fruit (Matt 7:17-19; 12:33; Luke 6:43-44), Zacchaeus climbing a sycamore tree (Luke 19:4), and apocalyptic imagery of trees being burned (Rev 7:1, 3; 8:7; 9:4). 25×
AR["أَشْجَارٍ","الأَشجارِ","الأَشْجَارِ","شَجَرَةً","شَجَرَةٌ","شَجَرَةٍ","شَجَرَةَ","شَجَرَةُ"]·ben["গাছ","গাছকে,","গাছগুলির","গাছের","গাছের।"]·DE["Baum"]·EN["a-tree","tree","trees"]·FR["arbre"]·heb["הָעֵץ","עֵץ","עֵצִים"]·HI["पेड़","पेड़ों","पेड़ों-के","पेड़।","पेद","पेद-को"]·ID["pohon","pohon,","pohon-pohon","pohon."]·IT["albero"]·jav["wit","wit,","wit-witan"]·KO["나무","나무-가","나무-는","나무가","나무는","나무도","나무들","나무들-의","나무를"]·PT["árvore","árvores","árvores,"]·RU["дерево","дерево.","деревом","дереву,","деревьев","деревьев,","деревья"]·ES["árbol","árboles"]·SW["miti","mti","mti,","na","wowote,","wowote."]·TR["ağaca","ağacı","ağaç","ağaç,","ağaçlar","ağaçlardan","ağaçların","ağaçta"]·urd["اچھا","درخت","درخت-کو","درختوں","درختوں-کی","لاتا"]
Matt 3:10, Matt 3:10, Matt 7:17, Matt 7:17, Matt 7:18, Matt 7:18, Matt 7:19, Matt 12:33, Matt 12:33, Matt 12:33, Matt 13:32, Matt 21:8 (+13 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
δένδρεον, δένδρον, and δένδρος, τό (late δένδρος, ὁ, Refs 8th c.BC+, also Ionic dialect, Refs 5th c.BC+, and Doric dialect, Refs 3rd c.BC+; Aeolic dialect δένδριον Refs 3rd c.BC+; later Epic dialect δένδρειον, τό, Refs 5th c.BC+; genitive δένδρεος Refs 4th c.BC+; dative δένδρει, Ionic dialect -εϊRefs 5th c.BC+ (and so usually in Attic dialect Prose. as Refs 5th c.BC+, regular in Attic dialect,…