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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:3 - sed quinque fatuae acceptis lampadibus non sumpserunt oleum secum

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:4 - prudentes vero acceperunt oleum in vasis suis cum lampadibus

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:8 - fatuae autem sapientibus dixerunt date nobis de oleo vestro quia lampades nostrae extinguntur

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:13 - et daemonia multa eiciebant et unguebant oleo multos aegrotos et sanabant

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:46 - oleo caput meum non unxisti haec autem unguento unxit pedes meos

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:34 - et adpropians alligavit vulnera eius infundens oleum et vinum et inponens illum in iumentum suum duxit in stabulum et curam eius egit

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:6 - at ille dixit centum cados olei dixitque illi accipe cautionem tuam et sede cito scribe quinquaginta

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:9 - dilexisti iustitiam et odisti iniquitatem propterea unxit te Deus Deus tuus oleo exultationis prae participibus tuis

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:14 - infirmatur quis in vobis inducat presbyteros ecclesiae et orent super eum unguentes eum oleo in nomine Domini

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:6 - et audivi tamquam vocem in medio quattuor animalium dicentem bilibris tritici denario et tres bilibres hordei denario et vinum et oleum ne laeseris

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:13 - et cinnamomum et amomum et odoramentorum et unguenti et turis et vini et olei et similae et tritici et iumentorum et ovium et equorum et raedarum et mancipiorum et animarum hominum
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