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oak

Meaning of “oak”

A large, strong tree of the oak kind, often spreading and long-lived.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
15 occurrences14 verses8 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 35:4

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Isaiah 1:30
For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 1:30 · retained source text

For yee shall be as an oke whose leafe fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

Isaiah 6:13
¶ But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 6:13 · retained source text

¶ But yet in it shalbe a tenth, and it shall returne, and shall be eaten: as a Teyle tree, and as an Oke whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaues: so the holy seede shall be the substance thereof.

1611 marginal noteOr, when it is returned and hath bin broused.

1611 marginal noteOr, stocke, or stemme.

Isaiah 44:14
He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 44:14 · retained source text

He heweth him downe cedars, and taketh the Cypresse and the Oke, which he strengthneth for himselfe among the trees of the forrest: he planteth an Ashe, and the raine doth nourish it.

1611 marginal noteOr, taketh courage.

Ezekiel 6:13
Then shall ye know that I am the Lord, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 6:13 · retained source text

Then shal ye know that I am the LORD, when their slaine men shalbe among their idoles round about their altars, vpon euery high hill in all the tops of the mountaines, and vnder euery greene tree, and vnder euery thicke oke, the place where they did offer sweet sauour to all their idoles.

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Historical definitions

A well-known tree of the genus Quercus, valued for strong wood and commonly growing to great size.

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