=Zared, luxuriance; willow bush, a brook or valley communicating with the Dead Sea near its southern extremity ( Numbers 21:12 ; Deuteronomy 2:14 ). It is called the "brook of the willows" ( Isaiah 15:7 ) and the "river of the wilderness" ( Amos 6:14 ). It has been identified with the Wady el-Aksy.

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M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.