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Lexicon :: Strong's G1637 - elaion

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ἔλαιον
Transliteration
elaion (Key)
Pronunciation
el'-ah-yon
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as ἐλαία (G1636)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:470,221

Trench's Synonyms: xxxviii. ἔλαιον, μύρον (χρίω, ἀλείφω).

Strong’s Definitions

ἔλαιον élaion, el'-ah-yon; neuter of the same as G1636; olive oil:—oil.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G1637 in the following manner: oil (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G1637 in the following manner: oil (11x).

  1. olive oil

    1. for fuel for lamps

    2. for healing the sick

    3. for anointing the head and body at feasts

    4. mentioned among articles of commerce

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἔλαιον élaion, el'-ah-yon; neuter of the same as G1636; olive oil:—oil.
STRONGS G1637:
ἔλαιον, -ου, τό, [from Homer down], Sept. chiefly for שֶׁמֶן, also for יִצְהָר; olive-oil: used for feeding lamps, Matthew 25:3f, 8; for healing the sick, Mark 6:13; Luke 10:34; James 5:14; for anointing the head and body at feasts (Athen. 15, c. 11) [cf. under the word μύρον], Luke 7:46; Hebrews 1:9 (on which passage see ἀγαλλίασις); mentioned among articles of commerce, Luke 16:6; Revelation 6:6; Revelation 18:13. Cf. Winers RWB under the word Oel; Furrer in Schenkel 4:354; Schnedermann, Die Biblical Symbolik des Oelbaumes u. d. Oeles, in the Zeitschr. f. d. luth. Theol. for 1874, p. 4ff; [B. D., under the word Oil, II. 4; and Meyer edition Weiss on Mark 6:13].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
25:3; 25:8
Mark
6:13; 6:13
Luke
7:46; 10:34; 16:6
Hebrews
1:9
James
5:14
Revelation
6:6; 18:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1637 matches the Greek ἔλαιον (elaion),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:3 - “For when the foolish took their lamps, they did not take any [extra] oil with them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:4 - but the wise took flasks of oil along with their lamps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:8 - “But the foolish virgins said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:13 - And they were casting out many demons and were anointing with oil many who were sick, and healing them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:46 - “You did not [even] anoint My head with [ordinary] oil, but she has anointed My feet with [costly and rare] perfume.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:34 - and went to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them [to sooth and disinfect the injuries]; and he put him on his own pack-animal, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:6 - “He said, ‘A hundred [fn]measures of [olive] oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write [fn]fifty.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:9 -

“YOU HAVE LOVED RIGHTEOUSNESS [integrity, virtue, uprightness in purpose] AND HAVE HATED LAWLESSNESS [injustice, sin].

THEREFORE GOD, YOUR GOD, HAS ANOINTED YOU

WITH THE OIL OF GLADNESS ABOVE YOUR COMPANIONS.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:14 - Is anyone among you sick? He must call for the elders (spiritual leaders) of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with [fn]oil in the name of the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:6 - And I heard something like a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius (a day’s wages), and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not [fn]damage the oil and the wine.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:13 - and cinnamon and spices and incense and perfume and frankincense and wine and olive oil and fine flour and wheat; of cattle and sheep, and cargoes of horses and chariots and carriages; and of slaves and human lives.
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