Bible Dictionary
Turpentine Tree
The turpentine tree was the terebinth, a resin-producing tree common in Palestine and the surrounding East. It is mentioned in the Apocrypha.
Definition
The turpentine tree is the terebinth, a resin-producing tree identified with Pistacia terebinthus. It was common in Palestine and the East and could grow to considerable size.
Biblical Usage
The tree is mentioned once in the Apocrypha, in Ecclesiasticus 24:16.
Historical Background
The terebinth belongs to a plant order whose members generally contain resinous secretions.
Scripture References
Sir 24:16
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
occurs only once, via. in the Apocrypha. Ecclus. 24:16. It is the Pistacia terebinthus, terebinth tree, common in Palestine and the East. The terebinth occasionally grows to a large size. It belongs to the natural order Anacurdiaceas, the plants of which order generally contain resinous secretions.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>tur'-pen-tin.</p><p>See TEREBINTH.</p>