A tall tree that grows 10-20 meters high, with large leaves at the top and sweet, edible fruits about the size of a thumb, known as dates.
About Date Palm
The fruit of the date palm tree. The Bible mentions this fruit and tree only a few times in 2 Samuel 6:19, 1 Chronicles 16:3, and Song of Solomon 7:7.
See Palm, Date Palm.
The palm tree mentioned in the Bible is certainly the date palm ( Phoenix dactylifera ). At one time, this tree was as common in Israel and the surrounding areas as it is still...
The plant itself ArticleHabitat, identification, and how translators render the term across languages.
Key References
Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.
On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the King of Israel!”
All Scripture References (37)
Exodus (1)
Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.
Leviticus (1)
On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
Numbers (1)
They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.
Deuteronomy (1)
the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.
Judges (3)
Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.
After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.
And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.
1 Kings (4)
Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.
He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.
2 Chronicles (2)
He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.
Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed their wounds, and put all the feeble on donkeys. So they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.
Nehemiah (1)
and that they should proclaim this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”
Job (1)
It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.
Psalms (2)
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
Song of Solomon (2)
I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples,
and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.
Isaiah (2)
But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.
There is nothing Egypt can do—head or tail, palm or reed.
Ezekiel (12)
Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.
The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.
Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.
Seven steps led up to it, and its portico was opposite them; it had palm trees on its side pillars, one on each side.
Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees. Eight steps led up to it.
Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.
Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.
were alternating carved cherubim and palm trees. Each cherub had two faces:
the face of a man was toward the palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion was toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved all the way around the temple.
Cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary from the floor to the space above the entrance.
Cherubim and palm trees like those on the walls were carved on the doors of the outer sanctuary, and there was a wooden canopy outside, on the front of the portico.
There were beveled windows and palm trees on the sidewalls of the portico. The side rooms of the temple also had canopies.
Joel (1)
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.
Mark (1)
they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”
John (1)
They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the King of Israel!”
Revelation (1)
After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.