Hazel - David Cox - Plants Animals Of Bible

See Almond

Hazel - Faussets Bible Dictionary

luz. Rather the *almond,* Gen 30:37 (Gesenius).

Hazel - Jeff A. Benner - Ancient Hebrew Dictionary

A light brown to strong yellowish brown color; small trees or shrubs bearing nuts enclosed in a leafy involucres. [masc] [AHLB: 1260-J (N)] [Strong's: H3869]

Hazel - Kitto, John - Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature

Hazel occurs only once in the Old Testament, namely, in , where it indicates one of the kinds of rod from which Jacob peeled the bark and which he placed in the water-troughs of the cattle. Luz is translated hazel in the Authorized Version, as well as in several others; in some it is rendered by words equivalent to 'walnut,' but 'almond' appears to be its true meaning; for the same word denotes that tree in the Arabic language [ALMOND TREE].

Hazel - Smiths Bible Dictionary

Hazel. The Hebrew term luz occurs only in . Authorities are divided between the hazel and the almond tree as representing the luz. The latter is most probably correct.

Hazel - The Probert E-Text Encyclopaedia.

The hazel is a tree of the genus corylus, family corylaceae. The leaves

are roundish-cordate, alternate and shortly petiolate. It produces nuts

known as filberts.

Hazel - Webster-1913

(1):

(n.) A miner's name for freestone.

(2):

(a.) Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut.

(3):

(n.) A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the C. avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are C. Americana, which produces the common hazelnut, and C. rostrata. See Filbert.

(4):

(a.) Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand.