Palm
תָּמָרStrong’s H8558tamar (ta-mar)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tamar is the Hebrew word usually translated “palm trees”, “like palm tree” and “palm tree”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.”
Meaning
- Palm tree, date palm
How it's translated
- palm trees 4
- like palm tree 1
- a palm tree 1
- on palm tree 1
- palm tree 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Song of Solomon 2
- Exodus 1
- Leviticus 1
- Numbers 1
- Nehemiah 1
- Psalms 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 23:40And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
- Numbers 33:9And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.
- Nehemiah 8:15And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.
- Psalms 92:12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- Song of Solomon 7:7This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.
- Song of Solomon 7:8I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;
Hebrew dictionary
תָּמָר tamar · palm
palm tree, date palm
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “palm” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PALM, noun
p'am.. [Latin palma.]
- The inner part of the hand.
- A hand or hand's breadth; a lineal measure of three inches.
- The broad triangular part of an anchor at the end of the arms.
- The name of many species of plants, but particularly of the date-tree or great palm a native of Asia and Africa.
All definitions and other forms of “palm”
- Branches of the palm being worn in token of victory, hence the word signifies superiority, victory, triumph.
- Among seamen, an instrument used in sewing canvas instead of a thimble.
PALM, verb transitive
p'am. To conceal in the palm of the hand.
- To impose by fraud.
- To handle.
- To stroke with the hand.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.