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Myrtle: "... instead of briers the myrtle will
grow" (Isaiah 55,13)
Palm tree: "The righteous will flourish like a
palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon"
(Psalm 92,13)
Fig tree: "Now learn this lesson from the fig tree:
As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come
out, you know that summer is near" (Matthew 24,
32-33)
Sycamore: "...so he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore
tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way."
(Luke 19,1)
Cypress: "...I have grown like a cypress on the
Mount Hermon" (Syracide 24,1.13)
Cedar: "...the beams of our house are cedars; our
rafters are firs." (Song of Solomon 1-12-2,7)
Olive tree: "...your children will be like vigorous
youg olive trees as they sit around your table."
(Psalm 127, 1.3)
Pomegranate: "I went down to the grove of nut trees
... to see of the vines had budded, or the pomegranates
were in bloom." (Song of Solomon 6,11)
Oak tree: "Abram moved his camp to Hebron and settled
near the oak grove belonging to Mamre." (Genesis
13,18)
Almond tree: "...craft the center stem of the lamp
stand with four lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms,
complete with buds and petals." (Exodus 25,31.34)
Tamarisk tree: "Then Abram planted a tamarisk tree
at Beersheba." (Genesis 21,33)
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