HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1918
הֲדַס
ha.das — myrtle
myrtle (tree)
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Myrtle
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1919
הֲדַסָּה
ha.das.sah — Hadassah
A woman living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.2.7; daughter of: Abihail (H0032K); also called Hadassah at Est.2.7; Another name of es.ter (אֶסְתֵּר "Esther" H0635) § Hadassah = "myrtle" queen Esther's Jewish name
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μυρσίνη
mursinē — a myrtle tree
1. = μύρτος, (Pindar) 2. a branch or wreath of myrtle , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
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(Isa. 41:19; Neh. 8:15; Zech. 1:8), Hebrew hadas, known in the East by the name as, the Myrtus communis of the botanist. “Although no myrtles are now found on the mount (of Olives), excepting in the gardens, yet they still exist in many of the glens about Jerusalem, where we have often seen its dark shining leaves and white flowers. There are many near Bethlehem and about Hebron, especially near Dewir Dan, the ancient Debir. It also sheds its fragrance on the sides of Carmel and of Tabor, and fringes the clefts of the Leontes in its course through Galilee. We meet with it all through Central Palestine” (Tristram).
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.