Tree
δένδρονStrong’s G1186dendron
Appears in 18 verses of the New Testament
In short
Dendron is the Greek word usually translated “tree” and “trees”. It appears in 18 verses of the New Testament.
“These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;”
Meaning
Usually translated “tree” and “trees”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- tree 12
- trees 8
- a tree 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 7
- Luke 5
- Revelation 4
- Mark 1
- Jude 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 3:10And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
- Matthew 7:17Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
- Matthew 7:18A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
- Matthew 7:19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
- Matthew 12:33Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
- Matthew 13:32Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Greek dictionary
δένδρον dendron · tree
δένδρον, -ου, τό [in LXX for עֵץ, etc. ;] a tree: Mat.3:10, al.; δ. ἀγαθόν, Mat.7:17, 18; δ. καλόν, Mat.12:33, Luk.6:43; δ. σαπρόν, Mat.7:17, 18 12:33, Luk.6:43; γίνεσθαι δ., Mat.13:32; γ. εἰς δ., Luk.13:19. (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tree” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TREE, noun
- The general name of the largest of the vegetable kind, consisting of a firm woody stem springing from woody roots, and spreading above into branches which terminate in leaves.
- Something resembling a tree consisting of a stem or stalk and branches; as a genealogical tree
- In ship-building, pieces of timber are called chess-trees, cross-trees, roof-trees, tressel-trees, etc.
- In Scripture, a cross.“--Jesus, whom they slew and hanged on a tree” Acts 5:30
All definitions and other forms of “tree”
- Wood.
TREE'-FROG, noun
[tree and frog.]
A species of frog, the Rana arborea, found on trees and shrubs; called by the older writers, Ranunculus viridis.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.