tree of knowledge of good and evil

American  

noun

1. the tree in the Garden of Eden bearing the forbidden fruit that was tasted by Adam and Eve. Genesis 2:17; 3:6–24.

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tree of knowledge of good and evil British  

noun

1. Old Testament the tree in the Garden of Eden bearing the forbidden fruit that Adam and Eve ate, thus incurring loss of primal innocence (Genesis 2:9; 3:2–7)

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tree of knowledge of good and evil Cultural  

1. A tree in the Garden of Eden, the fruit of which God forbade Adam and Eve to eat.

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They did eat the forbidden fruit, and their disobedience brought about the Fall of Man.

Etymology

Origin of tree of knowledge of good and evil

First recorded in 1525–35

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tree of knowledge of good and evil

Each holds a tantalizing apple, plucked from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2024

Genesis does not name the guilty fruit at all; it is merely "the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil."

From Time Magazine Archive

And it doesn't do for man to taste of the tree of knowledge of good and evil....

From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count

It was the tree of knowledge of good and evil," they said; for "the Lord God commanded the man, saying.

From Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation by Caroline Pridham

In the garden are two trees, the tree of life in the midst, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil; Eden is lost for him who eats of the tree of knowledge.

From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach

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