When was apples first mentioned in the Bible?

Answer 1

If you are just referring to the word, then Deuteronomy 32:10: "In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the appleof his eye,"

If you mean it as a fruit solely, then Song of Songs 2:3: "She Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste."

People commonly believe that Genesis (and specifically the episode in the Garden of Eden) is the first mention of apples, but the term "apple" is an English form of art since the Hebrew is "pri" or "fruit" and is not specific to being an apple. In fact, most Jewish sources hold that the fruit is a grape or grape-like fruit.