This tree grows up to 10 meters tall, has pink spring flowers, and its fruit can be green, yellow, or red.
About Apple
A tree that grows to a height of about 4.5–7.6 meters (15–25 feet) and produces round, firm, sweet fruits. The tree has oval leaves with slightly toothed edges and produces white or pink blossoms in spring before bearing fruit.
The apple tree was not native to the Near East. Some Bible versions translate certain fruit references in the Old Testament as "apple." The Hebrew word tappuach is often translated as "apple" (Proverbs 25:11; Song of Solomon 2:3, 5; 7:8; 8:5). This translation comes from its similarity to the Arabic word for apple, tuffah.
Key References
Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.
All Scripture References (5)
Proverbs (1)
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
Song of Solomon (4)
Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.
Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.