What Is Myrtle in the Bible?
Plant
A shrub with sweet-smelling leaves. Its branches were used to make the huts for the feast of Tabernacles.
Where it appears in the Bible
Nehemiah 8:15; Isaiah 55:13
What the Bible says
Nehemiah 8:15
And that they should proclaim and publish the word in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying: Go forth to the mount, and fetch branches of olive, and branches of beautiful wood, branches of myrtle, and branches of palm, and branches of thick trees, to make tabernacles, as it is written.
Isaiah 55:13
Instead of the shrub, shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the nettle, shall come up the myrtle tree: and the Lord shall be named for an everlasting sign, that shall not be taken away.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Dictionary.com, “myrtle”