(an old name for the lime-tree, the tilia), Isa 6:13, the terebinth, or turpentine-tree, the Pistacia terebinthus of botanists. The Hebrew word here used (elah) is rendered oak (q.v.) in Gen 35:4; Jdg 6:11, 19; Isa 1:29, etc. In Isa. 61:3 it is rendered in the plural "trees;" Hsa 4:13, "elm" (R.V., "terebinth"). Hsa 4:13, "elm" (R.V., "terebinth"). In 1Sa 17:2, 19 it is taken as a proper name, "Elah" (R.V. marg., "terebinth"). View