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Name in Bible Plant name Scientific name References כרכם karkōmn: Saffron: Crocus sativus: Song of Solomon 4:14 [b] כסמת kussemeṯ: Spelt: Triticum spelta: Isaiah 28:25; Ezekiel 4:9: נרד nêrəd: Spikenard: Nardostachys jatamansi: Song of Solomon 4:14: נטפ nāṭāf: Stacte or Storax: Styrax officinalis ...
In Christian iconography plants appear mainly as attributes on the pictures of Christ or the Virgin Mary. Christological plants are among others the vine, the columbine, the carnation and the flowering cross, which grows out of an acanthus plant surrounded by tendrils. Mariological symbols include the rose, lily, olive, cedar, cypress and palm ...
In Israelite culture, the rod (Hebrew: מַטֶּה maṭṭeh) was a natural symbol of authority, [3] as the tool used by the shepherd to correct and guide his flock. [4] Moses, in fact, initially carried his rod while tending his sheep, [5] and later it became his symbol of authority over the Israelites. [6]
Narcissus in culture – uses of narcissus flowers by humans; Lime tree in culture – uses of the lime (linden) tree by humans; Rose symbolism – a more expansive list of symbolic meanings of the rose; Apple (symbolism) – a more expansive list of symbolic means for apples
Christian doctrines, ideologies and beliefs have influenced the manner in which human interactions with land, soil, and plants are manifested, both as a historical interplay between Christianity and land, and more contemporary movements where diverse sets of biblical readings, theological interpretations and Christian ethics are manifested in Christian approaches to food production.
A long-lost tree species has new life after scientists planted a 1,000-year-old seed found in a cave in the Judean Desert in the 1980s during an archaeological dig.
Biblical gardens are cultivated collections of plants that are named in the Bible. They are a type of theme garden that botanical gardens, public parks, and private gardeners maintain. They are a type of theme garden that botanical gardens, public parks, and private gardeners maintain.
The Crucifix, a cross with corpus, a symbol used in the Catholic Church, Lutheranism, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and Anglicanism, in contrast with some other Protestant denominations, Church of the East, and Armenian Apostolic Church, which use only a bare cross Early use of a globus cruciger on a solidus minted by Leontios (r. 695–698); on the obverse, a stepped cross in the shape of an ...