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# pomegranate
## Definitions:
A pomegranate is a kind of fruit that has a thick, tough skin filled with many seeds that are covered with edible red pulp.
* The outer rind is reddish in color and the pulp surrounding the seeds is shiny and red.
* Pomegranates are very commonly grown in countries with a hot, dry climate, such as Egypt and Israel.
* Yahweh promised the Israelites that Canaan was a land with abundant water and fertile soil so that food was plentiful there, including pomegranates.
* The construction of Solomon's temple included bronze decorations in the shape of pomegranates.
(See also: [bronze](../other/bronze.md), [Canaan](../names/canaan.md), [Egypt](../names/egypt.md), [Solomon](../names/solomon.md), [temple](../kt/temple.md))
## Picture of a Pomegranate:
<a href="https://content.bibletranslationtools.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_tw/raw/branch/master/PNGs/p/Pomegranate_fc.png"><img src="https://content.bibletranslationtools.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_tw/raw/branch/master/PNGs/p/Pomegranate_fc.png" ></a>
## Bible References:
* [2 Kings 25:16-17](rc://en/tn/help/2ki/25/16)
* [Deuteronomy 08:7-8](rc://en/tn/help/deu/08/07)
* [Jeremiah 52:22-23](rc://en/tn/help/jer/52/22)
* [Numbers 13:23-24](rc://en/tn/help/num/13/23)
* [Numbers 20:5](rc://en/tn/help/num/20/05)
## Word Data:
* Strong's: H7416
## Forms Found in the English ULB:
pomegranate, pomegranates