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Lexicon :: Strong's G3586 - xylon

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ξύλον
Transliteration
xylon (Key)
Pronunciation
xoo'-lon
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From another form of the base of ξέστης (G3582)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:37,665

Strong’s Definitions

ξύλον xýlon, xoo'-lon; from another form of the base of G3582; timber (as fuel or material); by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance:—staff, stocks, tree, wood.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's G3586 in the following manner: tree (10x), staff (5x), wood (3x), stocks (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's G3586 in the following manner: tree (10x), staff (5x), wood (3x), stocks (1x).

  1. wood

    1. that which is made of wood

      1. as a beam from which any one is suspended, a gibbet, a cross

      2. a log or timber with holes in which the feet, hands, neck of prisoners were inserted and fastened with thongs

      3. a fetter, or shackle for the feet

      4. a cudgel, stick, staff

  2. a tree

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ξύλον xýlon, xoo'-lon; from another form of the base of G3582; timber (as fuel or material); by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance:—staff, stocks, tree, wood.
STRONGS G3586:
ξύλον, ξύλου, τό (from ξύω to scrape, plane), from Homer down; the Sept. for עֵץ;
1. wood: universally, 1 Corinthians 3:12; ξύλον θύϊνον, Revelation 18:12; that which is made of wood, as a beam from which anyone is suspended, a gibbet, a cross (A. V. tree, which see in B. D. American edition), Acts 5:30; Acts 10:39; Acts 13:29; Galatians 3:13; 1 Peter 2:24 (עֵץ, Genesis 40:19; Deuteronomy 21:23; Joshua 10:26; Esther 5:14) — a use not found in the classics (cf. Liddell and Scott, under II. 4). A log or timber with holes in which the feet, bands, neck, of prisoners were inserted and fastened with thongs (Gr. καλόν, ξυλοπεδη, ποδοκάκη, ποδοστράβη, Latinnervus, by which the Latin renders the Hebrew סַד, a fetter, or shackle for the feet, Job (Job 13:27); Job 33:11; cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T., p. 458ff; (B. D., under the word )): Acts 16:24 (Herodotus 6, 75; 9, 37; Aristophanes eq. 367, 394, 705); a cudgel, stick, staff: plural, Matthew 26:47, 55; Mark 14:43, 48; Luke 22:52 (Herodotus 2, 63; 4, 180; Demosthenes, p. 645, 15; Polybius 6, 37, 3; Josephus, b. j. 2, 9, 4; Herodian, 7, 7, 4).
2. a tree: Luke 23:31 (Genesis 1:29; Genesis 2:9; Genesis 3:1; Isaiah 14:8, etc.); ξυλος τῆς ζωῆς, see ζωή, 2 b., p. 274{a}.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
1:29; 2:9; 3:1; 40:19
Deuteronomy
21:23
Joshua
10:26
Esther
5:14
Job
13:27; 33:11
Isaiah
14:8
Matthew
26:47; 26:55
Mark
14:43; 14:48
Luke
22:52; 23:31
Acts
5:30; 10:39; 13:29; 16:24
1 Corinthians
3:12
Galatians
3:13
1 Peter
2:24
Revelation
18:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3586 matches the Greek ξύλον (xylon),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in 'Jer' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:20 - “Long ago I broke the yoke that oppressed you
and tore away the chains of your slavery,
but still you said,
‘I will not serve you.’
On every hill and under every green tree,
you have prostituted yourselves by bowing down to idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:27 - To an image carved from a piece of wood they say,
‘You are my father.’
To an idol chiseled from a block of stone they say,
‘You are my mother.’
They turn their backs on me,
but in times of trouble they cry out to me,
‘Come and save us!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:6 - During the reign of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what fickle Israel has done? Like a wife who commits adultery, Israel has worshiped other gods on every hill and under every green tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:9 - Israel treated it all so lightly—she thought nothing of committing adultery by worshiping idols made of wood and stone. So now the land has been polluted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:13 - Only acknowledge your guilt.
Admit that you rebelled against the LORD your God
and committed adultery against him
by worshiping idols under every green tree.
Confess that you refused to listen to my voice.
I, the LORD, have spoken!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:14 - Therefore, this is what the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies says:
“Because the people are talking like this,
my messages will flame out of your mouth
and burn the people like kindling wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:6 - This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says:
“Cut down the trees for battering rams.
Build siege ramps against the walls of Jerusalem.
This is the city to be punished,
for she is wicked through and through.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18 - No wonder I am so angry! Watch how the children gather wood and the fathers build sacrificial fires. See how the women knead dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven. And they pour out liquid offerings to their other idol gods!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:20 - So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “I will pour out my terrible fury on this place. Its people, animals, trees, and crops will be consumed by the unquenchable fire of my anger.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3 - Their ways are futile and foolish.
They cut down a tree, and a craftsman carves an idol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:19 - I was like a lamb being led to the slaughter. I had no idea that they were planning to kill me! “Let’s destroy this man and all his words,” they said. “Let’s cut him down, so his name will be forgotten forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:8 - They are like trees planted along a riverbank,
with roots that reach deep into the water.
Such trees are not bothered by the heat
or worried by long months of drought.
Their leaves stay green,
and they never stop producing fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:12 - They will come home and sing songs of joy on the heights of Jerusalem.
They will be radiant because of the LORD’s good gifts—
the abundant crops of grain, new wine, and olive oil,
and the healthy flocks and herds.
Their life will be like a watered garden,
and all their sorrows will be gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:22 - Egypt flees, silent as a serpent gliding away.
The invading army marches in;
they come against her with axes like woodsmen.
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