Help QuickNav Adv. Options
BES

BES

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H2132 - zayiṯ

Choose a new font size and typeface
זַיִת
Transliteration
zayiṯ
Pronunciation
zay'-yith
Listen
Part of Speech
masculine noun, proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from an unused root [akin to זִו (H2099)]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 548

Strong’s Definitions

זַיִת zayith, zay'-yith; probably from an unused root (akin to H2099); an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry:—olive (tree, -yard), Olivet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's H2132 in the following manner: olive (17x), olive tree (14x), oliveyard (6x), olivet (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x
The KJV translates Strong's H2132 in the following manner: olive (17x), olive tree (14x), oliveyard (6x), olivet (1x).
masculine noun

  1. olive, olive tree

    1. olive tree

    2. olives

      proper locative noun

  2. mountain facing Jerusalem on the east side

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זַיִת zayith, zay'-yith; probably from an unused root (akin to H2099); an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry:—olive (tree, -yard), Olivet.
STRONGS H2132: Abbreviations
† זַ֫יִת noun masculinePsalm 52:10 olive-tree, olive (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic atxyfz, זֵיתָא; Ethiopic ዘደት፡ Arabic زَيْتُونً olive-tree, olive, زَيْتً olive-oil; see LagM iii. 215 ff HomAufsätze u. Abh., 1892, 94, 99 ff.; √dubious; Thes and most derive from assumed זהה be bright, fresh, luxuriant (see below זִוּ) + ת afformative which is. then treated as radical, compare Sta§ 187 a; but this not certain, compare Ol§ 119 b, 142 a; according to LagArmen. Stud. § 1347 ז is Armen. loan-word, see also LagM l.c.; BN 219, Anm.); — absolute ז׳ Genesis 8:11, construct זֵית Deuteronomy 8:8; 2 Kings 18:32; suffix זֵיתְךָ Deuteronomy 24:20, זֵיתֶ֑ךָ Exodus 23:11; Deuteronomy 28:40; plural זֵיתִים Deuteronomy 6:11, etc.; —
1. olive-tree Judges 9:8, 9 (personified, in Jotham's fable), Hosea 14:7 (simile of beauty), Job 15:33 = (as casting off its flowers, simile of wicked man); in 2 Samuel 15:23 insert אֲשֶׁר הַזּ׳ (before הַמִּדְבָּר, read בַּמּ׳) LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Dr; also plural of two olive-trees Zechariah 4:3, 11; רַעֲנָן ז׳ Psalm 52:10 fresh, (thriving) olive-tree (simile of prosperity), so Jeremiah 11:16; עֲלֶהזֿ׳ Genesis 8:11(J) olive-branch, sprig, compare Nehemiah 8:15 (here + עֲלֵי עֵץשֶֿׁמֶן, etc.); also plural שְׁתִלֵי זֵיתִים Psalm 128:3 olive-shoots (simile of children); שִׁבֲּלֵי זֵיתִים Zechariah 4:12 olive-branches (in Zechariah's vision); זַיִת in representative or collective sense, = olive-trees, groups of growing olive-trees, as property, source of wealth, olive-yards Exodus 23:11 (J E; + כֶּרֶם), Judges 15:5 (+ id.); עֵץהַֿזַּיִת Haggai 2:19 (+ הַגֶּפֶן וְהַתְּאֵנָה וְהָרִמּוֺן); also in phrase כִּחֵשׁ מַעֲשֵׂהזַֿיִת Habakkuk 3:17 the bearing, yield, of olive-trees (|| וּשְׁדֵמוֺר לֹאעָֿשָׂה אֹכֶל, compare also תְּאֵנָה and יְבוּל גֶּפֶן Habakkuk 3:17a); specifically זֵית שֶׁמֶן, oil-yielding olive-trees Deuteronomy 8:8 compare 2 Kings 18:32; נֹקֶף ז׳ striking or beating of olive-trees Isaiah 17:6; Isaiah 24:13 (simile of desolation at judgment of י׳), compare תַחְבֹּט כִּ׳ זֵיתְךָ Deuteronomy 24:20; rather more often plural; Amos 4:9 (|| גַּנּוֺת, כְּרָמִים, תְּאֵנִים), 1 Samuel 8:14 (|| שָׂדוֺת, כְּרָמִים), compare also Deuteronomy 6:11; Deuteronomy 28:40a Joshua 24:13; 2 Kings 5:26; 1 Chronicles 27:28; Nehemiah 5:11; Nehemiah 9:25.
2. of fruit of olive-tree, olives: Deuteronomy 28:40b (with שֶׁמֶן); תִּדְרֹךְ זַיִת Micah 6:15 (|| שֶׁמֶן); also שֶׁמֶן זַיִת olive-oil Exodus 27:20; Exodus 30:24 (P) Leviticus 24:2 (H).
3. in designations of place: מַעֲלֵה הַזֵּיתִים 2 Samuel 15:30 the ascent of the olive-trees (Greek Version of the LXX ἐν τῇ ἀναβάσει τῶν ἐλαιῶν = Mount of Olives); הַרהַֿזֵּיתִים Zechariah 14:4 (twice in verse) (Greek Version of the LXXτὸ ὄρος τῶν ἐλαιῶν); the well-known hill east of Jerusalem (NT usually as Zechariah 14:4 Greek Version of the LXX, e.g. Mark 13:3; compare also הָהָר 1 Kings 11:7; Ezekiel 11:33; Nehemiah 8:15; Targum טזּר זֵיתַיָּא 2 Kings 23:13 compare 2 Samuel 15:30; Zechariah 14:4 etc.; Targum Songs 8:5 טוּר מִשְׁחָא, and so Talmud etc.)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:11; 8:11

Exodus

23:11; 23:11; 27:20; 30:24

Leviticus

24:2

Deuteronomy

6:11; 6:11; 8:8; 8:8; 24:20; 24:20; 28:40; 28:40; 28:40

Joshua

24:13

Judges

9:8; 9:9; 15:5

1 Samuel

8:14

2 Samuel

15:23; 15:30; 15:30

1 Kings

11:7

2 Kings

5:26; 18:32; 18:32; 23:13

1 Chronicles

27:28

Nehemiah

5:11; 8:15; 8:15; 9:25

Job

15:33

Psalms

128:3

Song of Songs

8:5

Isaiah

17:6; 24:13

Jeremiah

11:16

Hosea

14:7

Amos

4:9

Micah

6:15

Habakkuk

3:17; 3:17

Haggai

2:19

Zechariah

4:3; 4:11; 4:12; 14:4; 14:4; 14:4

Mark

13:3

H2132

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2132 matches the Hebrew זַיִת (zayiṯ),
which occurs 38 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:11 - And the dove returned to him in the evening, and had a leaf of olive, a sprig in her mouth; and Noe knew that the water had ceased from off the earth.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11 - But in the seventh year thou shalt let it rest, and leave it, and the poor of thy nation shall feed; and the wild beasts of the field shall eat that which remains: thus shalt thou do to thy vineyard and to thine oliveyard.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20 - And do thou charge the children of Israel, and let them take for thee refined pure olive-oil beaten to burn for light, that a lamp may burn continually

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24 - and of [fn]cassia five hundred shekels of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:2 - Charge the children of Israel, and let them take for thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to burn a lamp continually,

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:11 - houses full of all good things which thou didst not fill, [fn]wells dug in the rock which thou didst not dig, vineyards and oliveyards which thou didst not plant, then having eaten and been filled,

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:8 - a land of wheat and barley, wherein are vines, figs, pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:20 - And if thou shouldest gather thine olives, thou shalt not return to collect the remainder; it shall be for the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, and thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this thing.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:40

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:40 - Thou shalt have olive trees in all thy borders, and thou shalt not anoint thee with oil, because thine olive shall utterly [fn]cast its fruit.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:13 - And he gave you a land on which ye did not labour, and cities which ye did not build, and ye were settled in them; and ye [fn]eat of vineyards and oliveyards which ye did not plant.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:8 - The trees [fn]went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive, Reign over us.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:9 - But the olive said to them, Shall I leave my fatness, with which men shall glorify God, and go to be [fn]promoted over the trees?

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:5 - And he set fire to the torches, and sent the foxes into the corn of the Philistines; and every thing was burnt from the threshing floor to the standing corn, and even to the vineyard and [fn]olives.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:14 - And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your good oliveyards, and give them to his servants.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:30 - And David went up by the ascent of the mount of Olives, ascending and weeping, and had his head covered, and went barefooted: and all the people that were with him covered every man his head; and they went up, ascending and weeping.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:26 - Whence comest thou, Giezi? and Giezi said, Thy servant has not been hither or thither. And Elisaie said to him, Went not my heart with thee, when the man returned from his chariot to meet thee? and now thou hast received silver, and now thou hast received raiment, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:32 - until I come and remove you to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, and bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil, and honey, and ye shall live and not die: and do not ye hearken to Ezekias, for he deceives you, saying, The Lord shall deliver you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:28 - And over the oliveyards, and over the sycamores in the plain country was Ballanan the Gedorite; and over the stores of oil was Joas.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:11 - Restore to them, I pray, as at this day, their fields, and their vineyards, and their olive-yards, and their houses, and bring forth to them corn and wine and oil of the money.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:15 - and that they should sound with trumpets in all their cities, and in Jerusalem. And Esdras said, Go forth to the mountain, and bring branches of olive, and branches of cypress trees, and branches of myrtle, and branches of palm trees, and branches of every thick tree, to make booths, according to that which was written.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 - And they took lofty cities, and inherited houses full of all good things, wells dug, vineyards, and oliveyards, and every fruit tree in abundance: so they ate, and were filled, and grew fat, and rioted in thy great goodness.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:33 - And let him be gathered as the unripe grape before the time, and let him fall as the blossom of the olive.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:8 - (LXX 51:10) But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God for ever, even for evermore.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 128:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 128:3 - (LXX 127:3) Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine on the sides of thy house: thy children as young olive-plants round about thy table.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:6 - and as if there should be left stubble therein, or as it were the berries of an olive tree, two or three on the topmost bough, or as if four or five should be left on their branches; thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:13 - All this shall be in the land in the midst of the nations, as if one should strip an olive tree, so shall they strip them; but when the vintage is done,

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:16 - The Lord called thy name a fair olive tree, of a goodly shade in appearance, at the noise of its being lopped, fire was kindled against it; great is the affliction coming upon thee: her branches are become good for nothing.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:6 - (LXX 14:7) His branches shall spread, and he shall be as a fruitful olive, and his smell shall be as the smell of Libanus.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:9 - I smote you with parching, and with blight: ye multiplied your gardens, your vineyards, and your fig-grounds, and the cankerworm devoured your oliveyards: yet not even thus did ye return to me, saith the Lord.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:15 - Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt press the olive, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil; and shalt make wine, but ye shall drink no wine: and the ordinances of my people shall be utterly abolished.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:17 - For though the fig-tree shall bear no fruit, and there shall be no produce on the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall produce no food: the sheep have failed from the pasture, and there are no oxen at the cribs;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:19 - consider in your hearts, whether this shall be known on the corn-floor, and whether yet the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-trees that bear no fruit are with you: from this day will I bless you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:3 - and two olive-trees above it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on the left.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:11 - And I answered, and said to him, What are these two olive-trees, which are on the right and left hand of the candlestick?

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:12 - And I asked the second time, and said to him, What are the two branches of the olive-trees that are by the side of the two golden [fn]pipes that pour into and communicate with the golden oil funnels?

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:4 - And his feet shall stand in that day on the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave asunder, half of it toward the east and the west, a very great division; and half the mountain shall lean to the north, and half of it to the south.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
BES
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
BES
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan