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Lexicon :: Strong's G3586 - xylon

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ξύλον
Transliteration
xylon (Key)
Pronunciation
xoo'-lon
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From another form of the base of ξέστης (G3582)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:37,665

Strong’s Definitions

ξύλον xýlon, xoo'-lon; from another form of the base of G3582; timber (as fuel or material); by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance:—staff, stocks, tree, wood.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's G3586 in the following manner: tree (10x), staff (5x), wood (3x), stocks (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's G3586 in the following manner: tree (10x), staff (5x), wood (3x), stocks (1x).

  1. wood

    1. that which is made of wood

      1. as a beam from which any one is suspended, a gibbet, a cross

      2. a log or timber with holes in which the feet, hands, neck of prisoners were inserted and fastened with thongs

      3. a fetter, or shackle for the feet

      4. a cudgel, stick, staff

  2. a tree

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ξύλον xýlon, xoo'-lon; from another form of the base of G3582; timber (as fuel or material); by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance:—staff, stocks, tree, wood.
STRONGS G3586:
ξύλον, ξύλου, τό (from ξύω to scrape, plane), from Homer down; the Sept. for עֵץ;
1. wood: universally, 1 Corinthians 3:12; ξύλον θύϊνον, Revelation 18:12; that which is made of wood, as a beam from which anyone is suspended, a gibbet, a cross (A. V. tree, which see in B. D. American edition), Acts 5:30; Acts 10:39; Acts 13:29; Galatians 3:13; 1 Peter 2:24 (עֵץ, Genesis 40:19; Deuteronomy 21:23; Joshua 10:26; Esther 5:14) — a use not found in the classics (cf. Liddell and Scott, under II. 4). A log or timber with holes in which the feet, bands, neck, of prisoners were inserted and fastened with thongs (Gr. καλόν, ξυλοπεδη, ποδοκάκη, ποδοστράβη, Latinnervus, by which the Latin renders the Hebrew סַד, a fetter, or shackle for the feet, Job (Job 13:27); Job 33:11; cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T., p. 458ff; (B. D., under the word )): Acts 16:24 (Herodotus 6, 75; 9, 37; Aristophanes eq. 367, 394, 705); a cudgel, stick, staff: plural, Matthew 26:47, 55; Mark 14:43, 48; Luke 22:52 (Herodotus 2, 63; 4, 180; Demosthenes, p. 645, 15; Polybius 6, 37, 3; Josephus, b. j. 2, 9, 4; Herodian, 7, 7, 4).
2. a tree: Luke 23:31 (Genesis 1:29; Genesis 2:9; Genesis 3:1; Isaiah 14:8, etc.); ξυλος τῆς ζωῆς, see ζωή, 2 b., p. 274{a}.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
1:29; 2:9; 3:1; 40:19
Deuteronomy
21:23
Joshua
10:26
Esther
5:14
Job
13:27; 33:11
Isaiah
14:8
Matthew
26:47; 26:55
Mark
14:43; 14:48
Luke
22:52; 23:31
Acts
5:30; 10:39; 13:29; 16:24
1 Corinthians
3:12
Galatians
3:13
1 Peter
2:24
Revelation
18:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3586 matches the Greek ξύλον (xylon),
which occurs 31 times in 23 verses in 'Eze' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:2 - “Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any wood of a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:3 - “Can wood be taken from it to make [fn]anything, or can men take a peg from it on which to hang any vessel?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:6 - “Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:24 - “And all the trees of the field will know that I am Yahweh; I bring down the exalted tree, exalt the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I am Yahweh; I have spoken, and I will do it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:28 - “Indeed, I brought them into the land which I swore to give to them, and they saw every high hill and every leafy tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they gave the provocation of their offering. There also they made their soothing aroma, and there they poured out their drink offerings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:32 - “And what comes upon your spirit will not happen, when you say: ‘We will be like the nations, like the families of the lands, to minister to wood and stone.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:47 - and say to the forest of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of Yahweh: thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I am about to kindle a fire in you, and it will consume every [fn]green tree in you, as well as every dry tree; the blazing flame will not be quenched, and [fn]the whole surface from south to north will be scorched by it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:10 -

‘Sharpened to make a slaughter,

Polished [fn]to flash like lightning!’

Or shall we [fn]rejoice in the [fn]scepter of My son? The sword despises every tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:10 -

“Heap on the wood, kindle the fire,

Completely cook the flesh

And mix in the spices

And let the bones be burned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - “Also they will make a spoil of your wealth and a plunder of your merchandise, and pull down your walls and tear down your desirable houses, and [fn]throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:4 -

‘The waters made it grow; the [fn]deep made it high.

With its rivers it was going all around its planting place

And sent out its conduits to all the trees of the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:5 -

‘Therefore its height was loftier than all the trees of the field,

And its boughs became many and its branches long

Because of many waters [fn]as it spread them out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:8 -

‘The cedars in God’s garden [fn]could not match it;

The [fn]cypresses [fn]could not liken themselves with its boughs,

And the plane trees were not like its branches.

No tree in God’s garden [fn]could liken itself with it in its beauty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:9 -

‘I made it beautiful with the multitude of its foliage,

And all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God, were jealous of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:14 - so that all the trees by the waters may not be lofty in their height, nor put their top among the [fn]clouds, nor their dominant ones—all the [fn]well-watered ones—stand in their loftiness. For they have all been given over to death, to the earth beneath, among the sons of men, with those who go down to the pit.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 -

‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “On the day when it went down to Sheol I caused mourning; I covered it with the [fn]deep over it and held back its rivers. And its many waters were stopped up, and I made Lebanon [fn]mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted away on account of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:16 - “I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall when I made it go down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the [fn]well-watered ones, were comforted in the earth beneath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:18 -

“To which among the trees of Eden do you thus liken yourself in glory and greatness? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth beneath; you will lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who were slain by the sword. So is Pharaoh and all his multitude!”’ declares Lord Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:27 - “Also the tree of the field will yield its fruit, and the earth will yield its produce, and they will be secure on their land. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and have delivered them from the hand of those who enslaved them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:30 - “I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the produce of the field so that you will not receive again the reproach of famine among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:10 - “They will not carry wood from the field or gather firewood from the forests, for they will make fires with the weapons; and they will take the spoil of those who made them into spoil and seize the plunder of those who plundered them,” declares Lord Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:25 - Also there were [fn]carved on them, on the doors of the nave, cherubim and palm trees like those [fn]carved on the walls; and there was a canopy of wood over the front of the porch outside.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:12 - “And by the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not [fn]fail. They will bear every month because their water flows out from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing.”
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