H5687 - עָבֹת (ʻâbôth)

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

having interwoven foliage, leafy, dense with foliage

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עָבוֹת / עָבֹת ‛âbôth BDB Definition: 1) having interwoven foliage, leafy, dense with foliage Part of Speech: adjective A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5686 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1558a Total KJV Occurrences: 4

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.