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Leaf, Leaves
        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.


Bibliography Information
Smith, William, Dr "Meaning and Definition for 'leaf, leaves' in Smiths Bible Dictionary".
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