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The meaning of Forest in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)

for'-est:

(1) choresh (compare proper name Harosheth), II Chronicles 27:4. In I Samuel 23:15 ff. translated "wood"; in Isaiah 17:9, "wood"; in Ezekiel 31:3, "forest-like shade." Applied to any thick growth of vegetation but not necessarily so extensive as (3).

(2) pardec: Nehemiah 2:8, margin "park"; Ecclesiastes 2:5, the King James Version "orchards," the Revised Version (British and American) "parks"; Song of Solomon 4:13, English Versions of the Bible "orchard," the Revised Version, margin "paradise." A word of Persian origin signifying probably an enclosure.

See PARADISE.

(3) ya'ar from root meaning "rugged"; compare Arabic wa'ar, "a rugged, stony region." It is sometimes rendered "forest" and sometimes (but less often in the Revised Version (British and American)) "wood." It is used of certain definite wooded tracts: "the forest in Arabia" (Isaiah 21:13, margin "thickets"); "the forest of Carmel" (II Kings 19:23 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "of his fruitful field"); "the forest of Hereth" (I Samuel 22:5); "the forest of Lebanon" (I Kings 7:2 f.; I Kings 10:17-21; II Chronicles 9:16-20); "the forest of Ephraim," East of the Jordan (II Samuel 18:6, II Samuel 18:8, II Samuel 18:17). The word ya'ar appears also in well-known Kiriath-jearim, "the city of forests," and Mr. Jearim (Joshua 15:10). Among numerous other references the following may be cited: Deuteronomy 19:5; Joshua 17:15, Joshua 17:18; I Chronicles 16:33; II Kings 2:24; Psalms 80:13; Psalms 83:14; Psalms 96:12; Psalms 132:6; Ecclesiastes 2:6; Song of Solomon 2:3; I Samuel 7:2; I Samuel 14:25-26; Jeremiah 4:29; Jeremiah 46:23; Ezekiel 34:29; Micah 3:12; Micah 7:14.

(4) cebhakh, from root meaning "to interweave." A "thicket" (Genesis 22:13; Jeremiah 4:7); "thicket of trees" (Psalms 74:5); "thickets of the forest" (Isaiah 9:18; Isaiah 10:34).

(5) 'adbhim, "thicket" (Jeremiah 4:29).

From many references it is evident that Palestine had in Old Testament times much more extensive forests and woodlands than today. For a discussion of the subject see BOTANY.

E. W. G. Masterman


See more on the meaning of Forest in the Bible:
Forest {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

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