The Symbolic Language of the Bible: Oak - Plumbline

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Symbol
Meaning
Reference
Oak
Might and prosperity
Isaiah 1:30; 2:13; 6:13; Amos 2:9
Oil
Holy Spirit
Matthew 25:4; Leviticus 2
 
“Mingled with oil” — sets forth the conception of Jesus by the Holy Ghost
Matthew 1:20; Luke 1:35
 
Anointed with oil—sets forth the truth of Acts 20:38
Luke 3:21-23
Olive tree
Fruitfulness and testimony for God
Romans 11; Judges 9:8, 9; Jeremiah 11:16
Ostrich
Parental forgetfulness, cruelty
Job 39:13-17; Lamentations 4:3
Oven
Thorough, sever, and unsparing judgment
Malachi 4:1; Psalms 21:9
Owl
Solitariness in suffering
Psalms 102:6; Mic. 1:8
Ox
Patience and strength for labor
1 Timothy 5:18; Psalms 144:14; 1 Corinthians 9:9
Palm tree
The growth and flourishing state of the righteous
Sol. 7:7, 8; Psalms 92:12
 
Sign of victory
Revelation 7:9; John 12:13
Paradise
The third heaven, or the immediate presence of God
Luke 23:43; 2 Corinthians 12:4
Pearl, one
The church in unity, beauty, costliness
Matthew 13:46; Revelation 21:21
Pillar
Ability to support, uphold, or maintain
1 Timothy 3:15; Galatians 2:9; Revelation 3:12
Pins, hooks, cords, &c.
Used in the construction of the tabernacle. The believer upheld and maintained by Divine power, variously employed. “Kept by the power of God”
1 Peter 1:5
Plow
Spiritual labor
1 Corinthians 9:10; Luke 9:62
Plumbline
Exact measurement
Amos 7:8, 8