הֲדַסhădaç

myrtle (-tree) (Isaiah 55:13; Isaiah 41:19; Nehemiah 8:15; Zechariah 1:8; Isaiah 41:9)

Pronunciation: had-as' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1918

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Nehemiah 8:15 He had said that a proclamation should be made throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, telling the people to go to the hills to get branches from olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees. They were to use these branches to make shelters in which they would live during the festival, as prescribed in the Law.
  • Isaiah 41:19 I will plant trees in the barren desert— cedar, acacia, myrtle, olive, cypress, fir, and pine.
  • Isaiah 55:13 Where once there were thorns, cypress trees will grow. Where nettles grew, myrtles will sprout up. These events will bring great honor to the Lord’s name; they will be an everlasting sign of his power and love.”
  • Zechariah 1:8 In a vision during the night, I saw a man sitting on a red horse that was standing among some myrtle trees in a small valley. Behind him were riders on red, brown, and white horses.
  • Zechariah 1:10 The rider standing among the myrtle trees then explained, “They are the ones the Lord has sent out to patrol the earth.”
  • Zechariah 1:11 Then the other riders reported to the angel of the Lord, who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have been patrolling the earth, and the whole earth is at peace.”

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).