ash Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
ash in Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Heb. o'ren, "tremulous"), mentioned only Isa. 44:14 (R.V., "fir tree"). It is rendered "pine tree" both in the LXX. and Vulgate versions. There is a tree called by the Arabs "aran", found still in the valleys of Arabia Petraea, whose leaf resembles that of the mountain ash. This may be the tree meant. Our ash tree is not known in Syria.
ash in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(Heb. oren), only in #Isa 44:14| As the true ash is not a native of Israel, some understand this to be a species of pine tree. Perhaps the larch (Laryx europaea) may be intended.
ash in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
ASH . Isa 44:14. Mentioned only once. The true ash is not a native of Palestine. This tree, the wood of which was wrought into the images of idolatry, is believed to be a pine.
ash in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
(Isaiah 44:14): Hebrew oren, akin to Arabic atari, "slender", "graceful". Probably a pine; so the Septuagint and Vulgate The Latin ornus seems akin.