Tree
אִילָןStrong’s H0363ilan (i-lan)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ilan is the Aramaic word usually translated “tree the” and “tree”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.”
Meaning
- Ram
How it's translated
- tree the 5
- a tree 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 6
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 4:11In contextThe tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
- Daniel 4:14In contextHe cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:
- Daniel 4:20In contextThe tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
- Daniel 4:23In contextAnd whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;
- Daniel 4:26In contextAnd whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.
Aramaic dictionary
אִילָן ilan · tree
ram Aramaic of a.yil (אַ֫יִל "terebinth" H0352D)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.