The Definition of the word Pomegranate

Pomegranate

I.e., grained apple" (pomum granatum), Heb. rimmon. Common in" Egypt (Num. 20:5) and Palestine (13:23; Deut. 8:8). The Romans "called it Punicum malum, i.e., Carthaginian apple, because they" received it from Carthage. It belongs to the myrtle family of trees. The withering of the pomegranate tree is mentioned among the judgments of God (Joel 1:12). It is frequently mentioned in "the Song of Solomon (Cant. 4:3, 13, etc.). The skirt of the high" priest's blue robe and ephod was adorned with the representation "of pomegranates, alternating with golden bells (Ex. 28:33, 34)," "as also were the "chapiters upon the two pillars" (1 Kings 7:20)" "which "stood before the house."