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This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. These plants are mentioned in The Bible. Some gardens are planted with them to make a garden with a Biblical theme - a Biblical garden.
Plant Reference
Most likely Rubus sanctus blackberry bush Abraham's Bush (Vitex agnus-castus L.; Lamiaceae)
Exodus 3:2
Exodus 25:10
Exodus 37:17
Algum Tree traditionally red sandalwood (Pterocarpus santalinus) white sandalwood - Santalum album scandal wood, a few claim it is juniper (Juniperus excelsa [Heb., algummim? (2 Chronicles 2:8; 9:10, 11); almuggim? 1 Kings 10:11, 12)]
Almond (Amygdalus communis) [Heb., luz (Ge 30:37); shaqedh? "keeping awake"
Genesis 43:11.
1 Kings 10:11
Proverbs 7:17
Proverbs 7:17
Matthew 6:28
Exodus 30:34
Plant
Reference
Apple (Malus domestica.) [Heb., tappu?ach]. Arabic is tuffah. To change a p to Letter f in Hebrew there's a dot changed The word itself indicates that which is distinguished by its fragrance, or scent. It comes from the root naphach?, meaning "blow; pant; struggle for breath." (Gen 2:7; Job 31:39; Jer 15:9) Regarding this, M. C. Fisher wrote: "Relationship [to naphach?] seems at first semantically strained, but the ideas of breathe and exhale an odor are related. The by-form puah means both blow (of wind) and exhale a pleasant odor, be fragrant."-Proverbs 25:11.
Numbers 5:15
Numbers 11:7
Ezekiel 4:9
Isaiah 41:19
Proverbs 22:5
Judges 9:15
Psalm 120:4
Psalm 120:4
Plant
Reference
Exodus 2:3
Exodus 3:1, 2
1 Kings 4:33
Jonah 4
Isaiah 40:6
Luke 17:5
Numbers 9:9
Proverbs 7:17
Plant
Reference
Isaiah 28:23
Exodus 16:31
Esther 1:5
Song of Solomon4:13
Isaiah 40:6
Mark 15:15
Numbers 11:5
Isaiah 28:27
Isaiah 44:14
Exodus 30:34
2 Kings 6:25
Plant
Reference
Joel 1:7
Isaiah 28:23
Proverbs 31:13
Flowers
1 Kings 7:26
Matthew 2:10, 11
Gospel of Matthew23:23
Numbers 11:5
Genesis 9:20
Amos 6:12
Song of Solomon1:14
Hyssop
Leviticus 14:52
Plant
Reference
Hosea 4:13
Matthew 27:3
Matthew 27:3
Numbers 11:5
2 Samuel 17:28
1 Kings 7:22
1 Kings 7:19
Exodus 35:25
Job 30:4
Genesis 30:15
Numbers 11:7
Leviticus 14:4
Plant
Reference
Mint
Matthew 23:23
2 Samuel 5:23-24
Matthew 13:31
Song of Solomon4:6
Isaiah 55:13
Song of Solomon4:13
Song of Solomon4:14
Isaiah 28:26
Song of Solomon6:11
Song of Solomon6:11
Joshua 24:26
Joshua 24:26
Plant
Reference
Genesis 35:8
Judges 9:9
Numbers 11:5
Song of Solomon7:8
Isaiah 44:14
Pine
1 Kings, etc.
Ezekiel 31:8
Poplar White
Psalm 137:2
Ezekiel 40:vv.
"Rie" (Rye)
Isaiah 28:25
Plant
Reference
Rockrose Pink
Genesis 43:
Rockrose White
Genesis 43:11
Song of Solomon2:1
Luke 11:42
Rush
Isaiah 9:14
Saffron
Song of Solomon4:14
Exodus 37:17
Exodus 37:17
Exodus 37:17
Exodus 37:17
Exodus 37:17
Plant
Reference
Scarlet (Oak)
Leviticus 14:48
2 Chronicles 9:1
Spikenard
Exodus 30:34
2 Kings 6:25
Jeremiah 6:20
Isaiah 43:23
Luke 17:5
Genesis21:33(Tamarix aphylla)
Matthew 13:24
2 Samuel 18:9
Plant
Reference
Thistle Golden
2 Chronicles 25:18
Thistles
Job 31:40
Thorns
Jeremiah 4:3
Revelation 18:12
Timber
2 Kings 12:12
Tulip Sharon
Isaiah 5:1
Walnut - (Juglans regia) - may well have been walnut trees refer in
Ezra 7:22
Wheat, Egyptian, (Triticum compositum) Which is cultivated in ancient Egypt, & can still be encountered there, has several ears per stalk.
Ge 41:22, 23.
Willows
Job 40:22
Wine
Proverbs 4:17
Revelation 8:10
Plant
Reference
Wreath
1 Corinthians 9:25
References[edit]
Post, G.E. Bible Dictionary Contributions Zohary, M. (1982) Plants of the Bible. New York: Cambridge University Press.
1. 2. ^ Liddell H G and Scott R, A Greek-English Lexicon, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 18431996, under "". The plural form (Zizania) has in modern times been adopted as the botanical name for wild rice. ^ Thayer's Lexicon: