Pine in the Bible

   The word "Pine" is only mentioned 7 times in the Old Testamnet of the King James Version of the Bible. The Word "Pineth" is mentioned once in the New Testament in Mark 9:18. The first reference of "Pine" is Leviticus 26:39 and the last is Ezekiel 33:10.

   As a noun "Pine" is defined as the needles, cones or wood of Pinus evergreen trees. As a verb "Pine" is defined as to want something strongly, or to waste away from sadness. Pineth is a archaic third-person singular simple present indicative form of pine.

   Counting varieties and subspecies, the plant list of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden accepts 175 names of pines as current, together with some thirty or forty unresolved and many more synonyms or misapplied.