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Lexicon :: Strong's H6086 - ʿēṣ

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ʿēṣ
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TWOT Reference: 1670a

Strong’s Definitions

עֵץ ʻêts, ates; from H6095; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks):— carpenter, gallows, helve, pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 328x

The KJV translates Strong's H6086 in the following manner: tree (162x), wood (107x), timber (23x), stick (14x), gallows (8x), staff (4x), stock (4x), carpenter (with H2796) (2x), branches (1x), helve (1x), planks (1x), stalks (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 328x
The KJV translates Strong's H6086 in the following manner: tree (162x), wood (107x), timber (23x), stick (14x), gallows (8x), staff (4x), stock (4x), carpenter (with H2796) (2x), branches (1x), helve (1x), planks (1x), stalks (1x).
  1. tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows

    1. tree, trees

    2. wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֵץ ʻêts, ates; from H6095; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks):— carpenter, gallows, helve, pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
STRONGS H6086: Abbreviations
עֵץ 329 noun masculineGenesis 2:9 tree, trees, wood; — ע׳ absolute Genesis 3:3 +, construct Genesis 3:24 +, עֵץֿ Genesis 2:16 +; suffix עֵֽצְךָ Deuteronomy 28:42, etc.; plural עֵצִים Judges 9:8 +, construct עֲצֵי Isaiah 7:2 +, suffix עֵצֶיךָ Deuteronomy 29:10, עֵצֵינוּ Lamentations 5:4, etc.; —
1. (approximately + 150 times)
a. a standing tree Genesis 18:4, 8 (J) +, Exodus 15:25 (J; of shrub ?), Jeremiah 17:18 = Psalm 1:3 (simile); to be felled Deuteronomy 19:5; 2 Kings 6:6; הָעֵצִים (apparently including vine and bramble) in allegory Judges 9:8 + 6 times Judges 9; עֵץ הַחַיִּים Genesis 2:9; Genesis 3:22, 24 (J), compare חַיִּים ע׳ figurative of source of (life and) happiness Proverbs 3:18; Proverbs 11:30; Proverbs 13:12; Proverbs 15:4; הַדַּעַת טוֺב וָדָע ע׳ Genesis 2:9, 16 (J); עֲצֵי (ה)יַעַר Isaiah 7:2 (simile), Isaiah 44:14; Ezekiel 15:2 +; עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה Isaiah 55:12; Ezekiel 17:24 (figurative), +; עֲצֵי לְבָנוֺן 2 Chronicles 2:7; עֲצֵימַֿיִם Ezekiel 31:14; עֲצֵי י׳ Psalm 104:16; עֲצֵי עֵדֶןEzekiel 31:9, 16, 18 (twice in verse); עֲצֵי לְבוֺנָה Songs 4:14; of vine עֵץ הַגֶּפֶןEzekiel 15:2, 6; תַּחַת כָּלעֵֿץ רַעֲנָ֑ן place of illicit worship † Deuteronomy 12:2; Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 3:6, 13; 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 16:4; 2 Kings 17:10; Ezekiel 6:13; Isaiah 57:5; 2 Chronicles 28:4, compare עַלעֵֿץ רַעֲנָן Jeremiah 17:2; כָּלעַֿץ עָבֹת Ezekiel 20:28.
b. collective trees, עֵץהַֿגָּן Genesis 2:16; Genesis 3:1, 2, 8 (all J); usually later, י׳ Genesis 1:12, 29 (twice in verse) (P), +; פְּרִי פְּרִיעֵץ fruittrees Genesis 1:11 (P), Psalm 148:9, compare Ecclesiastes 2:5, עֵץ פְּרִי Exodus 10:15 (J), Ezekiel 36:30; Leviticus 23:40 (H), compare Joel 2:22; עֵץמַֿאֲכָל Deuteronomy 20:20; Leviticus 19:23 (H), Ezekiel 47:12; Nehemiah 9:25; עֵץ הַזַּיִת Haggai 2:19 olive trees, עֵץ שֶׁמֶן Nehemiah 8:15, עֵץשָֿׁ֑מֶן Isaiah 41:19; סֲבָחעֵֿץ Psalm 74:5 thicket of trees; עֵץ הַשָּׂרֶה Exodus 9:25 (J), +; עֵץ הַיַּעַרEzekiel 15:6, compare Isaiah 10:19; Isaiah 44:23; כִּימֵי הָעֵץ Isaiah 65:22 (simile of great age).
c. plural of trees felled for building, 1 Kings 5:20 [1 Kings 5:6]; 1 Kings 5:32 [1 Kings 5:32] (+ אֲבָנִים); עֲצֵי אֲרָזִים 2 Samuel 5:11 = 1 Chronicles 14:1 + 7 times; עֲצֵי בְרוֺשִׁים Jeremiah 52:22, 24; Jeremiah 9:11; (אַלְגּ׳) אַלְמֻגִּים עֲצֵי, see אַלְגּ׳ above.
2. (approximately 175 times; with approximately 120 times plural, to denote pieces [or articles] of wood).
a. wood, as material; for building, 2 Kings 12:13 (+ אַבְנֵי מַתְצֵב), 2 Kings 22:6 2 Chronicles 34:11 (both + id.), Nehemiah 2:8 +; עֲצֵי שָׁ֑מֶן 1 Kings 6:23, 31, 33 compare 1 Kings 6:32; עֲצֵיגֹּֿפֶר Genesis 6:14 (Noah's ark), עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים Exodus 25:5, 10 + 20 times Exodus (of tabernacle and its furniture; all P) Deuteronomy 10:3; מִגְדַּלעֵֿץ Nehemiah 8:4; מוֺטִת עֵץ Jeremiah 28:13 (in figurative; opposed to בַּרְזֶל מ׳); כְּלִיעֵֿץ article of wood Leviticus 11:32; Leviticus 15:12; Numbers 31:20, compare Numbers 35:18 (all P). Hence
b. עֵצִים = articles of wood Exodus 7:19 (P; || אֲבָנִים), 1 Chronicles 29:2; so עֲצֵי בְרוֺשִׁים 2 Samuel 6:5 (but see בְּרוֺשׁ near the end); specifically הָעֵץ = helve of axe Deuteronomy 19:5; (וֹ)חֲנִית עֵץ 1 Samuel 17:7 Qr (Kt חֵץ) = 1 Chronicles 20:5; 2 Samuel 21:19; 2 Samuel 23:7; עֲצֵי הָעֲגָלָה 1 Samuel 6:14 (i.e. wood of which cart was made), עֲצֵי הָאֲשֵׁרָה Judges 6:26; especially timbers of a house Zechariah 5:4; Habakkuk 2:11; Leviticus 14:45, of a city 1 Kings 15:22 2 Chronicles 16:5; Ezekiel 26:12; עֵץ of pole on which bodies of slain (criminals and others) were exposed (perhaps originally trees) Genesis 40:19 (E), Joshua 8:29 (twice in verse); Joshua 10:26 (twice in verse); Joshua 10:27 (all J E), Deuteronomy 21:22, 23; late (in Persian) used for executing criminals (? by hanging = gallows), תָּלָח עַלעֵֿץ Esther 2:23 + 8 times Esther.
† c. of idols, עֵץ וָאֶבֶן Deuteronomy 4:28; Deuteronomy 28:36, 64; Deuteronomy 29:16; 2 Kings 19:18 = Isaiah 37:19; Ezekiel 20:32, compare Jeremiah 2:27; Jeremiah 3:9; Habakkuk 2:19; so עֵץ alone Hosea 4:12; Isaiah 40:20, of.Isaiah 44:19; Isaiah 45:20; אֲשֵׁרָה כָּלעֵֿץ Deuteronomy 16:21.
d. (fire-)wood Joshua 9:23, 27 (J), Joshua 9:21 (P), Deuteronomy 19:5; Isaiah 30:33 +, read עֵצִים also Ezekiel 24:5 (for MT עצמים) Bö Ew Sm Co Berthol Toy; especially for sacrifices 1 Kings 18:23 (twice in verse) +, Genesis 22:7, 9 (twice in verse); Leviticus 1:7 + 6 times Leviticus (all P), 2 Samuel 24:22 || 1 Chronicles 21:23, +; עֲצֵי עוֺלָה Genesis 22:3, 6 (P).
e. עֵץ (הָ)אֶרֶז cedar-wood, used in purifications Leviticus 14:4, 6, 49, 51, 52; Numbers 19:6 (all P).
f. הָעֵץ פִּשְׁתֵּי Joshua 2:6 woody-flax, i.e. flax on the stalk. — Jeremiah 10:8 Gie proposes הֶבֶל מֹעֲצֹתָו for MT הֲבָלִים עִץ הוּא. — מֹאֶסֶת כָּלעֵֿץ Ezekiel 21:15 is dubious, Sm proposes מָאֵסְתָּ כָלעֵֿץ, Co מֹאֲסֵי כָלעֹֿז, Berthol וּמְנַסֵּף כָּלעַֿז; SiegfKau Toy leave untranslated.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H636.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:11; 1:12; 1:29; 2:9; 2:9; 2:9; 2:16; 2:16; 2:16; 3:1; 3:2; 3:3; 3:8; 3:22; 3:24; 3:24; 6:14; 18:4; 18:8; 22:3; 22:6; 22:7; 22:9; 40:19

Exodus

7:19; 9:25; 10:15; 15:25; 25:5; 25:10

Leviticus

1:7; 11:32; 14:4; 14:6; 14:45; 14:49; 14:51; 14:52; 15:12; 19:23; 23:40

Numbers

19:6; 31:20; 35:18

Deuteronomy

4:28; 10:3; 12:2; 16:21; 19:5; 19:5; 19:5; 20:20; 21:22; 21:23; 28:36; 28:42; 28:64; 29:10; 29:16

Joshua

2:6; 8:29; 9:21; 9:23; 9:27; 10:26; 10:27

Judges

6:26; 9; 9:8; 9:8

1 Samuel

6:14; 17:7

2 Samuel

5:11; 6:5; 21:19; 23:7; 24:22

1 Kings

5:6; 6:23; 6:31; 6:32; 6:33; 14:23; 15:22; 18:23

2 Kings

6:6; 12:13; 16:4; 17:10; 19:18; 22:6

1 Chronicles

14:1; 20:5; 21:23; 29:2

2 Chronicles

2:7; 16:5; 28:4; 34:11

Nehemiah

2:8; 8:4; 8:15; 9:25

Esther

2:23

Psalms

1:3; 74:5; 104:16; 148:9

Proverbs

3:18; 11:30; 13:12; 15:4

Ecclesiastes

2:5

Song of Songs

4:14

Isaiah

7:2; 7:2; 10:19; 30:33; 37:19; 40:20; 41:19; 44:14; 44:19; 44:23; 45:20; 55:12; 57:5; 65:22

Jeremiah

2:20; 2:27; 3:6; 3:9; 3:13; 9:11; 10:8; 17:2; 17:18; 28:13; 52:22; 52:24

Lamentations

5:4

Ezekiel

6:13; 15:2; 15:2; 15:6; 15:6; 17:24; 20:28; 20:32; 21:15; 24:5; 26:12; 31:9; 31:14; 31:16; 31:18; 36:30; 47:12

Hosea

4:12

Joel

2:22

Habakkuk

2:11; 2:19

Haggai

2:19

Zechariah

5:4

H6086

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6086 matches the Hebrew עֵץ (ʿēṣ),
which occurs 330 times in 288 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 6 (Exo 37:15–Jos 9:21)

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:15 - And he made the poles of acacia wood H6086 and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:25 -

Then he made the altar of incense of acacia wood H6086: a cubit [fn]long and a cubit [fn]wide, square, and two cubits [fn]high; its horns were of one piece with it.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:28 - And he made the poles of acacia wood H6086 and overlaid them with gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1 -

Then he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood H6086, [fn]five cubits [fn]long, and five cubits [fn]wide, square, and three cubits [fn]high.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:6 - He made the poles of acacia wood H6086 and overlaid them with bronze.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:7 - ‘And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood H6086 on the fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:8 - ‘Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, with the head and the suet, on the wood H6086 which is on the fire that is on the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:12 - ‘He shall then cut it into its pieces with its head and its suet, and the priest shall arrange them on the wood H6086 which is on the fire that is on the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:17 - ‘Then he shall tear it by its wings, but shall not sever it. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar, on the wood H6086 which is on the fire; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:5 - ‘Then Aaron’s sons shall offer it up in smoke on the altar on the burnt offering, which is on the wood H6086 that is on the fire; it is an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:12 - [fn]that is, all the rest of the bull, he is to bring out to a clean place outside the camp where the fatty ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood H6086 with fire; where the fatty ashes are poured out it shall be burned.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:12 - ‘The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it. It shall not go out, but the priest shall burn wood H6086 on it every morning; and he shall lay out the burnt offering on it, and offer up in smoke the fat portions of the peace offerings on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:32 - ‘Also anything on which one of them may fall when they are dead becomes unclean, including any wooden H6086 article, or clothing, or a hide, or a sack—any article [fn]of which use is made—it shall be put in the water and be unclean until evening, then it becomes clean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4 - then the priest shall give orders to take two live clean birds, cedar wood H6086, a [fn]scarlet string, and hyssop for the one who is to be cleansed.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6 - As for the live bird, he shall take it together with the cedar wood H6086, the [fn]scarlet string, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the [fn]running water.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:45 - The owner shall therefore tear down the house, its stones, its timbers H6086, and all the plaster of the house, and he shall take them outside the city to an unclean place.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:49 - “To cleanse the house then, he shall take two birds, cedar wood H6086, a [fn]scarlet string, and hyssop,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 - “Then he shall take the cedar wood H6086, the hyssop, and the [fn]scarlet string, with the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird as well as in the [fn]running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:52 - “So he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the [fn]running water, along with the live bird, the cedar wood H6086, the hyssop, and the [fn]scarlet string.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:12 - ‘However, an earthenware vessel which the man with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden H6086 vessel shall be rinsed in water.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:23 -

‘Now when you enter the land and plant all kinds of trees H6086 for food, then you shall count their fruit as [fn]forbidden. For three years it shall be [fn]forbidden to you; it shall not be eaten.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:40 - ‘Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the [fn]foliage of beautiful trees H6086, palm branches and branches of trees H6086 with thick branches and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:4 - then I shall give you rains in their season, so that the land will yield its produce and the trees H6086 of the field will bear their fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:20 - ‘Your strength will be consumed uselessly, for your land will not yield its produce and the trees H6086 of the land will not yield their fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:30 -

‘Now all the tithe of the land, of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree H6086, is the LORD’S; it is holy to the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:20 - “And how is the land, is it [fn]productive or unproductive? Are there trees H6086 in it or not? And show yourselves courageous and get some of the fruit of the land.” Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:32 -

Now while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood H6086 on the Sabbath day.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:33 - And those who found him gathering wood H6086 brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:6 - ‘And the priest shall take cedar wood H6086, hyssop, and scarlet material, and throw it into the midst of the [fn]burning heifer.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:20 - “And you shall purify for yourselves every garment, every article of leather, every work of goats’ hair, and every article of wood H6086.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18 - ‘Or if he struck him with a wooden H6086 object in the hand, by which he would die, and as a result he did die, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:28 - “There you will serve gods, the work of human hands, wood H6086 and stone, which neither see nor hear, nor eat nor smell anything.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:1 -

“At that time the LORD said to me, ‘Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone like the first two, and come up to Me on the mountain, and make an [fn]ark of wood H6086 for yourself.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:3 - “So I made an ark of acacia wood H6086 and cut out two tablets of stone like the first two, and I went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:2 - “You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations whom you are going to dispossess serve their gods, on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every leafy tree H6086.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:21 -

“You shall not plant for yourself an [fn]Asherah of any kind of tree H6086 beside the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make for yourself.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:5 - as when a person goes into the forest with his friend to cut wood H6086, and his hand [fn]swings the axe to cut down the tree H6086, and the iron head slips off the [fn]handle H6086 and [fn]strikes his friend so that he dies—he may flee to one of these cities and live.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19 -

“When you besiege a city for a long time, to make war against it in order to capture it, you shall not destroy its trees H6086 by swinging an axe against them; for you may eat from them, so you shall not cut them down. For [fn]is the tree H6086 of the field a human, that it should [fn]be besieged by you?

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:20 - “Only the trees H6086 that you know [fn]are not fruit trees H6086 you shall destroy and cut down, so that you may construct siegeworks against the city that is making war against you until it falls.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:22 -

“Now if [fn]a person has committed a sin carrying a sentence of death and he is put to death, and you hang him on [fn]a tree H6086,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:23 - his body is not to be left overnight on the [fn]tree H6086, but you shall certainly bury him on the same day (for he who is hanged is cursed of God), so that you do not defile your land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:6 -

“If you happen to come upon a bird’s nest along the way, in any tree H6086 or on the ground, with young ones or eggs in it, and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young;

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:36 - “The LORD will bring you and your king, whom you appoint over you, to a nation that neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods, made of wood H6086 and stone.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:42 - “The cricket will take possession of all your trees H6086 and the produce of your ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:64 - “Furthermore, the LORD will scatter you among all the peoples, from one end of the earth to [fn]the other; and there you will serve other gods, made of wood H6086 and stone, which you and your fathers have not known.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:11 - your little ones, your wives, and the stranger who is within your camps, from the one who gathers your firewood H6086 to the one who draws your water,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:17 - moreover, you have seen their abominations and their idols made of wood H6086 and stone, silver and gold, which they had with them);
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:6 - But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them in the stalks H6086 of flax which she had laid in order on the roof.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - And he hanged the king of Ai on [fn]a tree H6086 until evening; but at sunset Joshua gave the command and they took his body down from [fn]the tree H6086 and threw it at the entrance of the city gate, and erected over it a large heap of stones that stands to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:21 - So the leaders said to them, “Let them live.” And they became gatherers of firewood H6086 and [fn]labor to draw water for the whole congregation, just as the leaders had spoken to them.

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