Lotus_Trees

LOTUS TREES lo'-tus (tse'elim; the King James Version shady trees):

The trees under which behemoth (the "hippopotams") rests; "He lieth under the lotus-trees," "The lotus-trees cover him with their shade" (Job 40:21,22). The Arabic equivalent is the dom tree, Zizyphus lotus, a species of jujube tree (Natural Order Rhamneae); it has many spines and small globular fruit a little bigger than a pea. It is common in the Jordan valley. This plant has nothing to do with the Egyptian lotus.

See LILY.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'LOTUS TREES'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.