Olives
Fruit of the olive tree: food, fatness, and a constant symbol for peace and covenant life.
Scripture
Deuteronomy 8:8
8 a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey;
Judges 9:9
9 "But the olive tree said to them, 'Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honor God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?'
Romans 11:17
17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and became partaker with them of the root and of the richness of the olive tree;
References
- Deuteronomy 8:8
- Judges 9:9
- Romans 11:17