Where in the bible does it say that the forbidden fruit is an apple....?

Question

and swine is a pig?

Answer 1

Though the forbidden fruit in the book of Genesis (Chap 3:6-7) is not identified, popular European Christian tradition has held that it was an apple that Eve coaxed Adam to share with her. As a result, in the story of Adam and Eve the apple became a SYMBOL for temptation, the fall of man into sin, and sin itself. In Latin, the words for "apple" and for "evil" are similar ("malus" - apple, "malum" - evil). This may be the reason that the apple was interpreted as the biblical "forbidden fruit". The larynx in the human throat has been called Adam's apple because of a notion that it was caused by the forbidden fruit sticking in the throat of Adam.

Genesis 3:6-7, “When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it."

There is definitely a mention of FRUIT (not toast, to answer SLEESTACK)

The ancient Kazakh city of Almaty, 'Father of Apples' owes its name to the forests of wild apples (Malus sieversii) found naturally in the area. (to answer Fizzygrrrl's and thechinamom's comments)

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Concerning "swine"
Pig can be translated swine. Swine is simply a synonym for pig. Swine = Any of various omnivorous, even-toed ungulates of the family Suidae, including pigs, hogs, and boars, having a stout body with thick skin, a short neck, and a movable snout (Amer Heritage Dictionary)

"Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to PIGS." (Matt 7:6)


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Answer 2

It doesn't say anything about the forbidden fruit being an apple- over the years people just kind of started interpreting it as an apple for whatever reason. In fact, if Adam and Eve supposedly originated in what is now the Middle East, I highly doubt it was an apple, because to my knowledge, apple trees don't grow there indigenously.

As for the swine- pig and swine are synonyms. Everyone just sort of knows that. It could have been some wild type of pig, like a wild boar or a warthog or something, though.

Answer 3

The bible doesn't say it was an apple. It said it was the fruit from the tree of Knowledge. As for the pigs and swine, pigs are swine.

Answer 4

It doesn't say the forbidden fruit is an apple. It is fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. It is in the same garden that the tree of life was in. So. We don't know what the tree is. But some think it is a hallucinogen or drug effect.

Swine ate what ever and was an unclean animal because. Today, swine is safe to eat for the most part. Just bless it before you eat it.

Answer 5

A swine always was a pig. It used to be what's called a synonyme, i.e. two words with the same meaning, but "swine" went out of fashion for the ordinary pig.
As for the apple, that seems to stem from the fact that the Latin word "malus" with a short a-sound, which means "bad/evil", sounds very similar to the word for apple which is "malus" with a long a.
In the Bible the type of fruit is actually never mentioned.

Answer 6

It doesn't say that the forbidden fruit is an apple. A swine is a pig, it's what the word means, like a feline is a cat.

Answer 7

That's real; the Bible not ever truthfully states which fruit used to be supposedly "forbidden" (rather then the "fruit of the tree of existence") -- But the historical clergymen, scribes and redactors of the Bible "selected" the apple as the emblem, due to the fact that for lots of hundreds of years, it were a sacred fruit of the Goddess, when you consider that it (just like the Pear, which has additionally been steered because the forbidden fruit) includes the sacred Pentacle (5-pointed megastar which used to be sacred to many faiths, adding Christianity) -- which turns into noticeable whilst the apple is reduce crosswise. For a lot more in this and lots of different (lengthy hidden or mystery) myths, symbols, and so forth, - see Barbara Walker's "Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets". Blessings - ~Gaia

Answer 8

Its does not say that the fruit was an apple at all. More than likely was a pomm or something native to the region.
As far as pigs being swine, swine is a broad term. More than likely pigs though.

Answer 9

Apple is not mentioned in Gen. 1, 2 or 3 as the forbidden fruit.

Leviticus 11:7 (NLT)
The pig has evenly split hooves but does not chew the cud, so it is unclean.

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Matthew 7:6 (NIV) "Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.

2 Peter 2:22 (NIV) Of them the proverbs are true: "A dog returns to its vomit,"[a]and, "A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud."

Answer 10

Good question... No where. I am sure that the whole "swine is a pig" thing you could look up the original translation from the greek to english. You have to realize... Swine is more than likely king James era english.