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Definition of Tree of knowledge
1. Noun. The biblical tree in the Garden of Eden whose forbidden fruit was tasted by Adam and Eve.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tree Of Knowledge
Literary usage of Tree of knowledge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt by Sir Walter Raleigh, Thomas Birch, William Oldys (1829)
"NOW for the tree of knowledge of good and evil, some men have presumed further,
... saith, that the tree of knowledge was ..."
2. The Promised Land by Mary Antin (1912)
"CHAPTER VI THE tree of knowledge HISTORY shows that in all countries where Jews
have equal rights with the rest of the people, they lose their fear of ..."
3. Annual Report (1886)
"You will find references to the Tree of Life in half a dozen mythologies, and to
the Tree of Knowledge in others. How came those people to take such an ..."
4. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1908)
"1, that the Tree of Knowledge symbolized carnal knowledge, for by the Fall ...
To continue under the law of generation is to eat of the Tree of Knowledge; ..."
5. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1835)
"... nor what mode of combat the enemy may use. golden fruit, when suffered to crow
gradually on the tree of knowledge ; but if precipitated by forced and ..."
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