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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 189 times in 175 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 3 / 4 (2Sa 1:21–Jer 41:8)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:21 - “You mountains of Gilboa,
let there be no dew or rain upon you,
nor fields of offerings![fn]
For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,
the shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2 - And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, “Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments. Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:39 - There Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:11 - while Solomon gave Hiram 20,000 cors[fn] of wheat as food for his household, and 20,000[fn] cors of beaten oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:12 - And she said, “As the LORD your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. And now I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14 - For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the LORD sends rain upon the earth.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:16 - The jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty, according to the word of the LORD that he spoke by Elijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2 - And Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me; what have you in the house?” And she said, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:6 - When the vessels were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” And he said to her, “There is not another.” Then the oil stopped flowing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:7 - She came and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:1 - Then Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tie up your garments, and take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:3 - Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, ‘Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and flee; do not linger.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:6 - So he arose and went into the house. And the young man poured the oil on his head, saying to him, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, I anoint you king over the people of the LORD, over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:32 - until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey, that you may live, and not die. And do not listen to Hezekiah when he misleads you by saying, “The LORD will deliver us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:13 - And Hezekiah welcomed them, and he showed them all his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his armory, all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his house or in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:29 - Others of them were appointed over the furniture and over all the holy utensils, also over the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the incense, and the spices.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - And also their relatives, from as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, came bringing food on donkeys and on camels and on mules and on oxen, abundant provisions of flour, cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, and wine and oil, oxen and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:28 - Over the olive and sycamore trees in the Shephelah was Baal-hanan the Gederite; and over the stores of oil was Joash.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:10 - I will give for your servants, the woodsmen who cut timber, 20,000 cors[fn] of crushed wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths[fn] of wine, and 20,000 baths of oil.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:15 - Now therefore the wheat and barley, oil and wine, of which my lord has spoken, let him send to his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:11 - He made the fortresses strong, and put commanders in them, and stores of food, oil, and wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:5 - As soon as the command was spread abroad, the people of Israel gave in abundance the firstfruits of grain, wine, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field. And they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:28 - storehouses also for the yield of grain, wine, and oil; and stalls for all kinds of cattle, and sheepfolds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - So they gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:9 - And whatever is needed—bulls, rams, or sheep for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, or oil, as the priests at Jerusalem require—let that be given to them day by day without fail,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:22 - up to 100 talents[fn] of silver, 100 cors[fn] of wheat, 100 baths[fn] of wine, 100 baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:11 - Return to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses, and the percentage of money, grain, wine, and oil that you have been exacting from them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37 - and to bring the first of our dough, and our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the wine and the oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and to bring to the Levites the tithes from our ground, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our towns where we labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39 - For the people of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of grain, wine, and oil to the chambers, where the vessels of the sanctuary are, as well as the priests who minister, and the gatekeepers and the singers. We will not neglect the house of our God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - prepared for Tobiah a large chamber where they had previously put the grain offering, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:12 - Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, wine, and oil into the storehouses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:12 - Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women—

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:7 - You have put more joy in my heart
than they have when their grain and wine abound.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 - You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:7 - you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Therefore God, your God, has anointed you
with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:21 - His speech was smooth as butter,
yet war was in his heart;
his words were softer than oil,
yet they were drawn swords.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:20 - I have found David, my servant;
with my holy oil I have anointed him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:10 - But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox;
you have poured over me[fn] fresh oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:15 - and wine to gladden the heart of man,
oil to make his face shine
and bread to strengthen man’s heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:18 - He clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
may it soak[fn] into his body like water,
like oil into his bones!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:24 - My knees are weak through fasting;
my body has become gaunt, with no fat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:5 - Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness;
let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;
let my head not refuse it.
Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:17 - Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man;
he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:1 - A good name is better than precious ointment,
and the day of death than the day of birth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:8 - Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1 - Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a stench;
so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:6 - From the sole of the foot even to the head,
there is no soundness in it,
but bruises and sores
and raw wounds;
they are not pressed out or bound up
or softened with oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:10 - As for me, I will dwell at Mizpah, to represent you before the Chaldeans who will come to us. But as for you, gather wine and summer fruits and oil, and store them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that you have taken.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:12 - then all the Judeans returned from all the places to which they had been driven and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah. And they gathered wine and summer fruits in great abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:8 - But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death, for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil, and honey hidden in the fields.” So he refrained and did not put them to death with their companions.

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