leaf, leaves Summary and Overview

The word occurs in the Authorized Version either in singular or plural number in three different senses. 1. Leaf of a tree. The righteous are often compared to green leaves. #Jer 17:8| The ungodly, on the other hand, are "as an oak whose leaf fadeth." #Isa 1:30| 2. Leaves of doors. The hebrew word, which occurs very many times in the Bible, and which in #1Ki 6:32| (margin) and 1Kin 6:34 is translated "leaves" in the Authorized Version, signifies beams, ribs, sides, etc. 3. Leaves of a book or roll occurs in this sense only in #Jer 36:23| The Hebrew word (literally doors) would perhaps be more correctly translated columns.