Terebinth
What it is
The terebinth is a wide, shady tree of the land with a short trunk and many branches. It lives for hundreds of years, and its leaves fall in the dry season.
Where it is in the Bible
The Hebrew word for this tree is often translated “oak”, so you may meet it in your Bible under that name, as at Abraham’s grove at Mamre (Genesis 18:1). Joshua rolled a great stone beneath the terebinth beside the Tabernacle of the Lord (Joshua 24:26). Isaiah says that when a terebinth or oak is cut down, a stump remains (Isaiah 6:13).
“The Lord appeared again to Abraham near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. One day Abraham was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest part of the day.”Genesis 18:1 NLT
“Joshua recorded these things in the Book of God’s Instructions. As a reminder of their agreement, he took a huge stone and rolled it beneath the terebinth tree beside the Tabernacle of the Lord.”Joshua 24:26 NLT
“If even a tenth—a remnant—survive, it will be invaded again and burned. But as a terebinth or oak tree leaves a stump when it is cut down, so Israel’s stump will be a holy seed.””Isaiah 6:13 NLT
How people used it
Its shade made it a place for meeting, praying and settling matters. Its resin was used as a kind of incense and a medicine. Nobody cut such a tree lightly, and an old one could mark a boundary or a burial.
What it meant in the story
A stump that stays alive is a sign of hope. Isaiah says even after trouble a holy seed, a faithful few, would remain, like new shoots from an old terebinth.
In the game
Not a building, but a tree of the land. It is on the list of the trees we will paint for your village.
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