Olive Tree, The
Often grew wild -- Ro 11:17. Cultivated In olive yards. -- 1Sa 8:14; Ne 5:11. Among rocks. -- De 32:13. On the sides of mountains. -- Mt 21:1. Canaan abounded in -- De 6:11; 8:8. Assyria abounded in -- 2Ki 18:32. Kings of Israel largely cultivated -- 1Ch 27:28. Described as Green. -- Jer 11:16. Fair and beautiful. -- Jer 11:16; Ho 14:6. Fat and unctuous. -- Jdj 9:9; Ro 11:17. Bearing goodly fruit. -- Jer 11:16; Jas 3:12. Grafting of, alluded to -- Ro 11:24. Pruning of, alluded to -- Ro 11:18,19. Often cast its flowers -- Job 15:33. Often cast its fruit -- De 28:40. Often suffered from caterpillars -- Am 4:9. Good for the service of God and man -- Jdj 9:9. Oil procured from -- Ex 27:20; De 8:8. Used for making The cherubim in the temple. -- 1Ki 6:23. The doors and posts of the temple. -- 1Ki 6:31-33. Booths at feast of tabernacles. -- Ne 8:15. Beaten to remove the fruit -- De 24:20. Shaken when fully ripe -- Isa 17:6. Gleaning of, left for the poor -- De 24:20. Fruit of, during sabbatical year left for the poor, &c -- Ex 23:11. The fruit of, trodden in presses to extract the oil -- Mic 6:15; Hag 2:16. Failure of, a great calamity -- Hab 3:17,18. Illustrative Of Christ. -- Ro 11:17,24; Zec 4:3,12. Of the Jewish church. -- Jer 11:16. Of the righteous. -- Ps 52:8; Ho 14:6. Of children of pious parents. -- Ps 128:3. Of the two witnesses. -- Re 11:3,4. (When wild,) of the Gentiles. -- Ro 11:17,24. (Gleaning of,) of the remnant of grace. -- Isa 17:6; 24:13. Probably origin of its being the emblem of peace. -- Ge 8:11.