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BRANCH

The translation of various Hebrew and Greek words, referring several times to actual branches such as those used to construct booths at a feast (Lev. 23:40) or branches used in festal processions (Ps. 118:27; Matt. 21:8). However, “branch” often bears figurative significance. Waving palm branches symbolized celebration before the Lord, and palm branches strewn in the road symbolized reception of the king (Matt. 21:8). The image of an olive tree (Hos. 14:6; Rom. 11:16-24), a cedar (Ezek. 17:23), or a vine and its branches (Ps. 80:11[MT 12]; Nah. 2:2; John 15:1-8) portrays Israel as barren or exiled and as restored and planted in the land (Ezek. 31:6; Matt. 13:32). Israel’s Messiah (Isa. 4:2; 11:1) is also referred to as the “righteous Branch” that sprouts from David’s royal line (Jer. 23:5; 33:15). When Israelites returned to the land from exile and began to rebuild the temple, Zechariah prophesied that one called “the Branch” would function as both priest and king (Zech. 3:8; 6:12); he would rebuild the temple of the Lord in the time of restoration.

A. B. Caneday

Prayer Tents Bible References - Prayer Tents

BRANCH

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)