The meaning of Leaf; Leaves in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)
lef, levz: Used in three different senses, with reference: (1) To trees ('aleh, "a coming up"), Genesis 3:7; Genesis 8:11; Leviticus 26:36 (Tereph); Ezekiel 17:9; phullon. Figuratively (a) of spiritual blessings (Ezekiel 47:12; compare Revelation 22:2) and prosperity (Psalms 1:3); (b) of moral decay (Isaiah 64:6), and (c) of a formal, empty profession (Matthew 21:19). (2) To a book (deleth), Jeremiah 36:23 (margin "columns"; see Jeremiah 36:2); as the parchment was gradually unfolded the successive columns could be read. (3) To doors (tsela', "side," qela',"a screen," "hanging"), I Kings 6:34. The door of the Holy Place consisted of two halves, but each half had two leaves (compare Ezekiel 41:24).
M. O. Evans
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