OLIVE TREE
OLIVE TREE, The
- Often grew wild # Ro 11:17
- CULTIVATED 2a) In olive yards
# 1Sa 8:14 Ne 5:11
2b) Among rocks # De 32:13 2c) On the sides of mountains # Mt 21:1 3) Canaan abounded in # De 6:11 8:8 4) Assyria abounded in # 2Ki 18:32 5) Kings of Israel largely cultivated # 1Ch 27:28 6) DESCRIBED AS 6a) Green # Jer 11:16 6b) Fair and beautiful # Jer 11:16 Ho 14:6 6c) Fat and unctuous # Jud 9:9 Ro 11:17 6d) Bearing goodly fruit # Jer 11:16 Jas 3:12 7) Grafting of, alluded to # Ro 11:24 8) Pruning of, alluded to # Ro 11:18,19 9) Often cast its flowers # Job 15:33 10) Often cast its fruit # De 28:40 11) Often suffered from caterpillars # Am 4:9 12) Good for the service of God and man # Jud 9:9 13) Oil procured from # Ex 27:20 De 8:8 14) USED FOR MAKING 14a) The cherubim in the temple # 1Ki 6:23 14b) The doors and posts of the temple # 1Ki 6:31-33 14c) Booths at feast of tabernacles # Ne 8:15 15) Beaten to remove the fruit # De 24:20 16) Shaken when fully ripe # Isa 17:6 17) Gleaning of, left for the poor # De 24:20 18) Fruit of, during sabbatical year left for the poor, &c # Ex 23:11 19) The fruit of, trodden in presses to extract the oil # Mic 6:15 Hag 2:16 20) Failure of, a great calamity # Hab 3:17,18 21) ILLUSTRATIVE 21a) Of Christ # Ro 11:17,24 Zec 4:3,12 21b) Of the Jewish church # Jer 11:16 21c) Of the righteous # Ps 52:8 Ho 14:6 21d) Of children of pious parents # Ps 128:3 21e) Of the two witnesses # Re 11:3,4 21f) (When wild,) of the Gentiles # Ro 11:17,24 21g) (Gleaning of,) of the remnant of grace # Isa 17:6 24:13 21h) Probably origin of its being the emblem of peace # Ge 8:11