STRONGS H8598:
Abbreviations
† I. תַּמּוּחַ noun [
masculine]
apple-tree, apple (from aromatic
scent (breath), Thes Lag
BN 111, 129 Post (see below); Arabic
is loan-word Frä
140; on meaning
apple see Löw
No. 109 RS
JPh xiii. 65 f. Post
Hast. Dict. Bib. 'Apple')
**see also Hom
A. u. A. 100, 106, 107; Tristr
NHB 334 f. thinks
ת׳ =
apricot (so Id.
Smith DB (2) APPLE); M'Lean-Dyer
EB APPLE makes
ת׳ =
quince. —
1. singular תַּפּוּחַ apple-tree Joel 1:12; Songs 2:3; Songs 8:5.
2. plural תַּפּוּחִים apples Songs 2:5, כַּתּ'אַפֵּךְ רֵיחַ Song 7:9; זָהָב תַּפּוּחֵי Proverbs 25:4 (in simile).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Proverbs
25:4
Song of Songs
2:3; 2:5; 7:9; 8:5
Joel
1:12