pine Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
pine in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
PINE . Isa 41:19; Isa 60:13. This is mentioned as a tree of Lebanon. The root of the original word denotes "curvature" or "duration," neither of which meanings suits the pine. Tristram suggests the elm, a species of which grows upon Lebanon, and Gesenius the oak, but the proper translation is very doubtful. Another word is rendered "pine branches " in Neh 8:15, where the Oil Tree (to which refer) is undoubtedly meant. (See cut, p. 690.)
pine in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
tidhar, from dahar "to revolve". Gesenius makes the oak, implying "duration". The shemen, in Nehemiah 8:15 is rather the olive or oil tree, as in Isaiah 41:19.