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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)
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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}.
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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 20 times in 18 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:47 - And even as Jesus said this, Judas, one of the twelve disciples, arrived with a crowd of men armed with swords and clubs. They had been sent by the leading priests and elders of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:55 - Then Jesus said to the crowd, “Am I some dangerous revolutionary, that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me? Why didn’t you arrest me in the Temple? I was there teaching every day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:43 - And immediately, even as Jesus said this, Judas, one of the twelve disciples, arrived with a crowd of men armed with swords and clubs. They had been sent by the leading priests, the teachers of religious law, and the elders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:48 - Jesus asked them, “Am I some dangerous revolutionary, that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:52 - Then Jesus spoke to the leading priests, the captains of the Temple guard, and the elders who had come for him. “Am I some dangerous revolutionary,” he asked, “that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:31 - For if these things are done when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:30 - The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead after you killed him by hanging him on a cross.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:39 - “And we apostles are witnesses of all he did throughout Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a cross,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:29 - “When they had done all that the prophecies said about him, they took him down from the cross[fn] and placed him in a tomb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:24 - So the jailer put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:12 - Anyone who builds on that foundation may use a variety of materials—gold, silver, jewels, wood, hay, or straw.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:13 - But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:24 - He personally carried our sins
in his body on the cross
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and live for what is right.
By his wounds
you are healed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:7 - “Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches. To everyone who is victorious I will give fruit from the tree of life in the paradise of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:12 - She bought great quantities of gold, silver, jewels, and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet cloth; things made of fragrant thyine wood, ivory goods, and objects made of expensive wood; and bronze, iron, and marble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:2 - It flowed down the center of the main street. On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit,[fn] with a fresh crop each month. The leaves were used for medicine to heal the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:14 - Blessed are those who wash their robes. They will be permitted to enter through the gates of the city and eat the fruit from the tree of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:19 - And if anyone removes any of the words from this book of prophecy, God will remove that person’s share in the tree of life and in the holy city that are described in this book.
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