Meanings
plural trees of knowledge
- biblicalOne of the trees in the Garden of Eden. In Christian tradition, Adam and Eve eating its forbidden fruit was the original sin that led to the fall of man in Genesis 3.
Sorrow is knowledge: they who know the most / Must mourn the deepest o'er the fatal truth, / The Tree of Knowledge is not that of Life.
1817, Lord Byron, Manfred1 more example
She asked her wise rebbe how God came to be in His place, and where He found the stuff to make the world of[…]. Finding from his unsatisfying replies that the rebbe was but a barren branch on the tree of knowledge, the good little girl never betrayed to the world, by look or word, her discovery of his limitations, but continued to accord him, outwardly, all the courtesy due to his calling.
1912, Mary Antin, The Promised Land
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 知識之樹 /知识之树
- 知識之樹 /知识之树 (zhīshi zhī shù)Translations
Finnish hyvän ja pahan tiedon puu
- hyvän ja pahan tiedon puuTranslations
French arbre de la connaissance
- arbre de la connaissanceTranslations
German Baum der Erkenntnis (von Gut und Böse)
- Baum der Erkenntnis (von Gut und Böse)Translations
Hindi ज्ञान का वृक्ष
- ज्ञान का वृक्ष (jñān kā vŕkṣ)Translations
Japanese 知識の樹
- 知識の樹 (chie no ki)Translations
Polish drzewo poznania dobra i zła
- drzewo poznania dobra i złaTranslations
Romanian pomul cunoașterii (binelui și răului)
- pomul cunoașterii (binelui și răului)Translations
Spanish árbol de la ciencia del bien y del mal
- árbol de la ciencia del bien y del malTranslations
Cite this entry
tree of knowledge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tree%20of%20knowledge
“tree of knowledge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tree%20of%20knowledge. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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