Bible Dictionary
Dates
Dates refers to produce from the palm tree, though the cited passage may use the word for honey or date syrup. Date palms were important fruit-bearing trees in the biblical lands.
Definition
Dates refers to produce associated with the palm tree, although the cited passage may use the word for honey or date syrup.
Biblical Usage
The term occurs in the margin of 2 Chronicles 31:5, where the main text reads “honey.”
Historical Background
The supplied material connects the word with the palm tree and with the Arabic term dibbs.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(2 Chronicles 31:5) marg. [Palm Tree TREE]
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>dats (debhash): Arabic, dibbs (2Ch 31:5, King James Version margin); English Versions of the Bible HONEY (which see). See also PALM TREE.</p>