GROVE - Definition

Meaning of GROVE

Pronunciation:		growv
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth [n] a small growth of trees without underbrush

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	Synonyms:	orchard, plantation, woodlet

	See Also:	apple orchard, forest, garden, lemon grove, orange grove, peach orchard, wood, woods

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Grove\, n. [AS. graf, fr. grafan to dig. The original sense seems to have been a lane cut through trees. See {Grave}, v., and cf. {Groove}.] A smaller group of trees than a forest, and without underwood, planted, or growing naturally as if arranged by art; a wood of small extent. Note: The Hebrew word Asherah, rendered grove in the Authorized Version of the Bible, is left untranslated in the Revised Version. Almost all modern interpreters agree that by Asherah an idol or image of some kind is intended.

Easton Bible Dictionary

	Definition:	(1.) Heb. 'asherah, properly a wooden image, or a pillar representing Ashtoreth, a sensual Canaanitish goddess, probably usually set up in a grove (2 Kings 21:7; 23:4). In the Revised Version the word "Asherah" (q.v.) is introduced as a proper noun, the name of the wooden symbol of a goddess, with the plurals Asherim (Ex. 34:13) and Asheroth (Judg. 3:13). The LXX. have rendered _asherah_ in 2 Chr. 15:16 by "Astarte." The Vulgate has done this also in Judg. 3:7. (2.) Heb. 'eshel (Gen. 21:33). In 1 Sam. 22:6 and 31:13 the Authorized Version renders this word by "tree." In all these passages the Revised Version renders by "tamarisk tree." It has been identified with the Tamariscus orientalis, five species of which are found in Palestine. (3.) The Heb. word 'elon, uniformly rendered in the Authorized Version by "plain," properly signifies a grove or plantation. In the Revised Version it is rendered, pl., "oaks" (Gen. 13:18; 14:13; 18:1; 12:6; Deut. 11:30; Josh. 19:33). In the earliest times groves are mentioned in connection with religious worship. The heathen consecrated groves to particular gods, and for this reason they were forbidden to the Jews (Jer. 17:3; Ezek. 20:28).

Thesaurus Terms

	Related Terms:	batch, bocage, bosk, bottom, bottom glade, bottoms, bunch, clump, cluster, coppice, copse, crop, dale, dell, dingle, gap, gill, glen, group, grouping, groupment, hassock, holt, hurst, intervale, knot, lot, lunar rill, mess, orchard, pass, ravine, shaw, shock, slew, spinney, stook, strath, thicket, tope, trench, trough, tuft, tussock, vale, valley, wadi, wisp, wood lot, woodlet

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