Willows

3 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Willows
     (1.) Heb. 'arabim (Lev. 23:40; Job 40:22; Isa. 15:7; 44:3, 4;
     Ps. 137:1, 2). This was supposed to be the weeping willow,
     called by Linnaeus Salix Babylonica, from the reference in Ps.
     137. This tree is frequently found "on the coast, overhanging
     wells and pools. There is a conspicuous tree of this species


     over a pond in the plain of Acre, and others on the Phoenician
     plain." There are several species of the salix in Palestine, but
     it is not indigenous to Babylonia, nor was it cultivated there.
     Some are of opinion that the tree intended is the tamarisk or
     poplar.
     
       (2.) Heb. tzaphtzaphah (Ezek. 17:5), called by the Arabs the
     safsaf, the general name for the willow. This may be the Salix
     AEgyptica of naturalists.
     
       Tristram thinks that by the "willow by the water-courses," the
     Nerium oleander, the rose-bay oleander, is meant. He says, "It
     fringes the Upper Jordan, dipping its wavy crown of red into the
     spray in the rapids under Hermon, and is nutured by the oozy
     marshes in the Lower Jordan nearly as far as to Jericho...On the
     Arnon, on the Jabbok, and the Yarmuk it forms a continuous
     fringe. In many of the streams of Moab it forms a complete
     screen, which the sun's rays can never penetrate to evaporate
     the precious moisture. The wild boar lies safely ensconced under
     its impervious cover."
     

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Willows, CA (city, FIPS 85684)
    Location: 39.51591 N, 122.19895 W
    Population (1990): 5988 (2240 housing units)
    Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 95988

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Willows, CA -- U.S. city in California
     Population (2000):    6220
     Housing Units (2000): 2368
     Land area (2000):     2.868331 sq. miles (7.428944 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.025640 sq. miles (0.066407 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    2.893971 sq. miles (7.495351 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            85684
     Located within:       California (CA), FIPS 06
     Location:             39.519876 N, 122.198846 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     95988
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Willows, CA
      Willows