H5687 H5687
leafy, having thick foliage; used of trees with dense, interwoven branches
This adjective describes trees with thick, luxuriant foliage and interwoven branches. Leviticus 23:40 prescribes taking "branches of leafy trees" for the Feast of Booths. Nehemiah 8:15 echoes this command in the post-exilic observance. Ezekiel uses it twice (6:13, 20:28) in condemning idolatrous worship "under every leafy tree," where the dense canopy provided shade and secrecy for pagan rituals. The term emphasizes visual density and the aesthetic or cultic appeal of well-foliaged trees.
Senses
1. sense 1 — An adjective meaning leafy, densely foliaged, or thick with interwoven branches. Leviticus 23:40 and Nehemiah 8:15 prescribe "leafy trees" (עֵץ עָבֹת) for Sukkot celebration, while Ezekiel 6:13 and 20:28 condemn idolatrous practices "under every leafy tree/terebinth." Multilingual glosses are consistent: "leafy/thick/frondoso/touffu/dick." Some bracket [עבת] and [עבתה], possibly indicating gender or construct forms. The term evokes both positive connotations (festival use, beauty) and negative associations (idolatrous high places) depending on context. 4×
AR["كَثيفٍ", "كَثيفَةٍ", "كَثِيفَةٍ", "مُلْتَفٍ"]·ben["ঘন", "পাতাযুক্ত"]·DE["[עבת]", "[עבתה]", "dick"]·EN["leafy", "thick"]·FR["[עבת]", "thick", "touffu"]·heb["עבות", "עבותה", "עבת"]·HI["घना", "घनी", "घने", "घने-की"]·ID["rimbun", "rindang"]·IT["[עבת]", "[עבתה]", "thick"]·jav["ingkang-kandel", "kandel", "kenthel", "ketel"]·KO["무성한", "우거진", "우거진의"]·PT["espessa", "espessura", "frondosa", "frondoso"]·RU["ветвистым", "густолиственного", "там"]·ES["frondosa", "frondoso"]·SW["mnene", "wenye-majani-mengi"]·TR["gür", "sık", "sık-yapraklı"]·urd["گھنے", "گھنے-کے"]
Related Senses
H3754 1. vineyard, cultivated grape plot (92×)H0730 1. cedar tree or wood (73×)H1612 1. vine, grapevine (55×)H3293a 1. forest, wood, thicket (55×)H5560 1. fine flour (53×)H5193 1. plant vegetation (48×)H2232 1. sow seed, plant crops (41×)H1715 1. grain, cereal crop (40×)H7114b 1. reap, harvest grain (36×)H2132 1. olive tree (34×)H8184 1. barley (34×)H2406 1. wheat (grain crop) (30×)H7070 1. reed, cane (plant) (30×)H7848 1. acacia (28×)H8328 1. root of a plant (28×)H8384 1. fig tree (25×)H5488 1. reeds, rushes (in 'Sea of Reeds') (24×)G0290 1. a vineyard (23×)G2325 1. reap, harvest a crop (21×)G4687 1. sow seed, plant (21×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† עָבוֹת adj. having interwoven foliage, leafy;—עֵץ עָבוֹת leafy trees Ez 20:28; Ne 8:15; עֵץ עָבֹת Lv 23:40 (H); f. אֵלָה עֲבֻתָּה Ez 6:13 a leafy terebinth.—עָבוֹת 2 S 23:4 ψ 77:18 v. ii. עָב sub עוּב.