Bible dictionaries

Hazel

What Bible dictionaries say about “Hazel”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Hazel - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

Heb. luz, (Gen. 30:37), a nutbearing tree. The Hebrew word is rendered in the Vulgate by amygdalinus, "the almond-tree," which is probably correct. That tree flourishes in Syria.

Hazel - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

HAZEL, n. ha'zl. A shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild farinaceous taste.

HAZEL, a. ha'zl. Pertaining to the hazel or like it; of a light brown color, like the hazel-nut.

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

The article in Easton + Webster 1828

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)

ha'-z'-l (Ge 30:37 the King James Version).

See ALMOND.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

The article in ISBE 1915

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

The Hebrew term luz occurs only in (Genesis 30:37) Authorities are divided between the hazel and the almond tree as representing the luz . The latter is most probably correct.

William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3

The article in Smith