תַּפּוּחַ

tapuach · apple, apple tree

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8598 · appears 6 times in the Bible

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What it means

tapuach (תַּפּוּחַ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “apple, apple tree”.

An apple; also the apple tree.

How to say it

ta·pu·ach

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A fruit tree, and its round sweet fruit, which the Song links with love.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • Apples ×3
  • apple tree ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Proverbs 25:11

    Apples of gold in settings of silver is a word spoken at its right time.

  • Song of Songs 2:3

    Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the boys; in his shade I delighted and sat, and his fruit was sweet to my palate.

  • Song of Songs 2:5

    Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am sick with love.

  • Song of Songs 7:8

    I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its branches.” And please let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the fragrance of your nose like apples,

  • Song of Songs 8:5

    Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you; there your mother was in labor with you; there she who bore you was in labor.

  • Joel 1:12

    The vine has dried up, and the fig tree languishes; pomegranate, palm too, and apple tree, all the trees of the field have dried up; for joy has dried up from among human beings.