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Lexicon :: Strong's G1636 - elaia

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ἐλαία
Transliteration
elaia (Key)
Pronunciation
el-ah'-yah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a presumed derivative from an obsolete primary
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Strong’s Definitions

ἐλαία elaía, el-ah'-yah; feminine of a presumed derivative from an obsolete primary; an olive (the tree or the fruit):—olive (berry, tree).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G1636 in the following manner: olives (11x), olive tree (3x), olive berries (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G1636 in the following manner: olives (11x), olive tree (3x), olive berries (1x).
  1. an olive tree

  2. an olive, the fruit of an olive tree

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐλαία elaía, el-ah'-yah; feminine of a presumed derivative from an obsolete primary; an olive (the tree or the fruit):—olive (berry, tree).
STRONGS G1636:
ἐλαία, -ας, [from Homer down], Sept. for זַיִת;
1. an olive tree: Romans 11:17, 24; plural Revelation 11:4. τὸ ὄρος τῶν ἐλαιῶν (for הַזֵּיתִים הַר, Zechariah 14:4), the Mount of Olives, so called from the multitude of olive-trees which grew upon it, distant from Jerusalem (Josephus, Antiquities 20, 8, 6) five stadia eastward (cf. Winers RWB, under the word Oelberg; Arnold in Herzog x., p. 549ff; Furrer in Schenkel 4:354f; [Grove and Porter in BB. DD.]): Matthew 21:1; Matthew 24:3; Matthew 26:30; Mark 11:1; Mark 13:3; Mark 14:26; Luke 19:37; Luke 22:39; John 8:1 Rec.; (on Luke 19:29; Luke 21:37, see ἐλαιῶν).
2. an olive, the fruit of the olive-tree: James 3:12.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Zechariah
14:4
Matthew
21:1; 24:3; 26:30
Mark
11:1; 13:3; 14:26
Luke
19:29; 19:37; 21:37; 22:39
John
8:1
Romans
11:17; 11:24
James
3:12
Revelation
11:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1636 matches the Greek ἐλαία (elaia),
which occurs 26 times in 24 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:11 -

When the dove came to him at evening, there was a plucked olive leaf in its beak. So Noah knew that the water on the earth’s surface had gone down.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:8 -

“a land of wheat, barley, vines, figs, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:40 -

“You will have olive trees throughout your territory but not moisten your skin with oil, because your olives will drop off.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:8 -

The trees decided

to anoint a king over themselves.

They said to the olive tree, “Reign over us.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:9 -

But the olive tree said to them,

“Should I stop giving my oil

that people use to honor both God and men,

and rule[fn] over the trees? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:5 -

Then he ignited the torches and released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines. He burned the piles of grain and the standing grain as well as the vineyards and olive groves.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:18 -

while all his servants marched past him. Then all the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and the people of Gath— six hundred men who came with him from there ​— ​marched past the king.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:30 -

David was climbing the slope of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he ascended. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. All of the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they ascended.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:32 -

“until I come and take you away to a land like your own land ​— ​a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey ​— ​so that you may live and not die. But don’t listen to Hezekiah when he misleads you, saying, “The LORD will rescue us.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:11 -

“Return their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses to them immediately, along with the percentage[fn] of the money, grain, new wine, and fresh oil that you have been assessing them.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:15 -

So they proclaimed and spread this news throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make shelters, just as it is written.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:33 -

He will be like a vine that drops its unripe grapes

and like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:8 -

But I am like a flourishing olive tree

in the house of God;

I trust in God’s faithful love forever and ever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 128:3 -

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine

within your house,

your children, like young olive trees

around your table.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:6 -

Only gleanings will be left in Israel,

as if an olive tree had been beaten —

two or three olives at the very top of the tree,

four or five on its fruitful branches.

This is the declaration of the LORD,

the God of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:13 -

For this is how it will be on earth

among the nations:

like a harvested olive tree,

like a gleaning after a grape harvest.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:6 -

His new branches will spread,

and his splendor will be like the olive tree,

his fragrance, like the forest of Lebanon.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:15 -

“You will sow but not reap;

you will press olives

but not anoint yourself with oil;

and you will tread grapes

but not drink the wine.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:17 -

Though the fig tree does not bud

and there is no fruit on the vines,

though the olive crop fails

and the fields produce no food,

though the flocks disappear from the pen

and there are no herds in the stalls,

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:19 -

“Is there still seed left in the granary? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet produced. But from this day on I will bless you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:3 -

“There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:11 -

I asked him, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:12 -

And I questioned him further, “What are the two streams[fn] of the olive trees, from which the golden oil is pouring through the two golden conduits? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:4 -

On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east. The Mount of Olives will be split in half from east to west, forming a huge valley, so that half the mountain will move to the north and half to the south.

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