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Definition: TREE OF LIFE |
TREE OF LIFE1. (Bot.), a tree of the genus Thuja; arbor vit[ae]. |
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Bible | Tree of life stood also in the midst of the garden of Eden (Gen. 2:9; 3:22). Some writers have advanced the opinion that this tree had some secret virtue, which was fitted to preserve life. Probably the lesson conveyed was that life was to be sought by man, not in himself or in his own power, but from without, from Him who is emphatically the Life (John 1:4; 14:6). Wisdom is compared to the tree of life (Prov. 3:18). The "tree of life" spoken of in the Book of Revelation (Rev. 2:7; 22:2, 14) is an emblem of the joys of the celestial paradise. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
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The serpent, in the story, explains this as God fearing humans becoming as wise and powerful as God. The unstated but implied moral is variously interpreted as God's anger at their disobedience, God's fear that they will harm the Tree of Life, God's fear of the serpent's influence. These are of course not contradictory.
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The tree of life is represented in several examples of sacred geometry, and is central in particular to Kaballah, the mystic study of the Torah.
Located on the southern end of the island of Bahrain is a solitaire tree. A very nice tree especially considering the otherwise very barren surroundings. This tree is also know as the tree of life.
See also: Garden of Eden, Genesis, Adam and Eve, Tree of Knowledge
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Synonym: TREE OF LIFESynonym: Life, Tree of. (additional references) |
Crosswords: TREE OF LIFE |
| Specialty definitions using "TREE OF LIFE": Tree of the knowledge of good and evil ♦ Wil't. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Tree of Life (1992) | |
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 | Tree of life / G. Butters ; designed by Rev. J.A. Hammond. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | She is a tree of life to them ... March 8, International Women's Day. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Bhagavad Gita | Sages speak of the immutable Tree of Life, with its tape root above and its branches below. |
Lord Byron | Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
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tree of life print | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "TREE OF LIFE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pokkenholt (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life), guajaktrae (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life), fransosenholt (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Westindisch pokhout (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life), polhout (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life), pokhout (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life), guajakhout (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pokholtsi (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life), guajakki (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | lignum vitae, guajacum sanctum, Guaiacum sanctum, gaïac véritab, gaïac, arbre de la vie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Pockholz (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life), Lignum vitae (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life), Guajakbaum (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life), Guajak (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guaic, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life), Gaiac (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γουαϊάκο το ιερό, φαϊάκη (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | keleti életfa, arbor vitae, élet fája. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | legno santo (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life), guaiaco vero (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life), guaiaco (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guaic, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eetray ofay ifelay Lignum vitae (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life), guaiaco (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guaic, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life), gaiaco (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life), árvore de vida, árvore da vida (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life). (various references) guyacancillo vero (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life), guayaco (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guaic, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life), guayacán blanco (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life). (various references) pockenholts (commoner lignum-vitae, guaiac, guaiacum, guayac, lignum vitae, wood of life). (various references) hayat ağacı. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Guaiacum officinale, Guaiacum sanctum, Lignum vitae. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 15, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | IasiV glwsshV dendron zwhV o de sunthrwn authn plhsqhsetai pneumatoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Lingua placabilis lignum vitae quae inmoderata est conteret spiritum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | A plesable tunge the tree of lif; whiche forsothe is vntemprid, shal defoule the spirit. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness in it is a breach in the spirit. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 15, Verse 4 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang dila nga mahuyo maoy usa ka kahoy sa kinabuhi; Apan ang pagkasukwahi niana maoy pagkabungkag sa espiritu. |
| Croatian | Blaga je besjeda drvo života, a pakosna je rana duhu. |
| Danish | Et Livets Træ er Tungens Mildhed, dens Falskhed giver Hjertesår. |
| Dutch | De medicijn der tong is een boom des levens; maar de verkeerdheid in dezelve is een breuk in den geest. |
| Finnish | Sävyisä kieli on elämän puu, mutta vilpillinen kieli haavoittaa mielen. |
| French | La langue douce est un arbre de vie, Mais la langue perverse brise l`âme. |
| German | Ein heilsame Zunge ist ein Baum des Lebens; aber eine lügenhafte macht Herzeleid. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kata-kata yang baik menambah semangat, kata-kata yang menyakitkan melemahkan hasrat. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa obat dari pada lidah itulah pohon selamat, tetapi jikalau bercabang lidah maka jadi rusaklah nyawa. |
| Italian | Una lingua dolce è un albero di vita, quella malevola è una ferita al cuore. |
| Maori | ¶ Ko te arero reka he rakau no te ora; tena ki te wanoke a roto he wawahi wairua. |
| Norwegian | En saktmodig tunge er et livsens tre, men en falsk tunge sårer hjertet. |
| Portuguese | Uma língua suave é árvore de vida; mas a língua perversa quebranta o espírito. |
| Rumanian | Limba dulce este un pom de viayq, dar limba stricatq zdrobewte sufletul. - |
| Russian | лТПФЛЙК СЪЩЛ--"ТЕЧП ЦЙЪОЙ, ОП ОЕП'ХЪ"БООЩК--УПЛТХЫЕОЙЕ "ХИБ. |
| Spanish | La lengua apacible es árbol de vida, pero la perversidad en ella es quebrantamiento de espíritu. |
| Swedish | En saktmodig tunga är ett livets träd, men en vrång tunga giver hjärtesår. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-f-f-i-l-o-r-t" | |
-2 letters: forefeel, forefeet, forefelt. | |
-3 letters: fertile, fleeter, forfeit, loftier, trefoil. | |
-4 letters: eelier, effete, effort, etoile, feeler, ferlie, filter, floret, lefter, liefer, lifter, lofter, loiter, refeel, refelt, refile, reflet, relief, retile, riffle, telfer, toffee, toiler, trifle. | |
-5 letters: eerie, elite, fetor, fifer, filer, filet, fleer, fleet, flier, flirt, flite, forte, lifer, lirot, liter, litre, offer, ofter, oiler. | |
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