Rose - Biblical Meaning of rose in Eastons Bible Dictionary (Bible History Online)

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Many varieties of the rose proper are indigenous to Syria. The famed rose of Damascus is white, but there are also red and yellow roses. In Cant. 2:1 and Isa. 35:1 the Hebrew word "habatstseleth" (found only in these passages), rendered "rose" (R.V. marg., "autumn crocus"), is supposed by some to mean the oleander, by others the sweet-scented narcissus (a native of Israel), the tulip, or the daisy; but nothing definite can be affirmed regarding it. The "rose of Sharon" is probably the cistus or rock-rose, several species of which abound in Israel. "Mount Carmel especially abounds in the cistus, which in April covers some of the barer parts of the mountain with a glow not inferior to that of the Scottish heather." (See MYRRH T0002632 [2].) Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. M.A., D.D., "Biblical Meaning for 'rose' Eastons Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Eastons; 1897.

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