TREE OF KNOWLEDGE, THE


Meaning of TREE OF KNOWLEDGE, THE in English

ˌTree of ˈKnowledge, the BrE AmE

according to a story in the Old Testament of the Bible, a tree in the Garden of ↑ Eden whose fruit Adam and Eve were forbidden by God to eat. When they disobeyed God and ate the fruit God forced them to leave the Garden of Eden. ⇨ ↑ fall

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