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Lexicon :: Strong's H2132 - zayiṯ

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זַיִת
Transliteration
zayiṯ
Pronunciation
zay'-yith
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Part of Speech
masculine noun, proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from an unused root [akin to זִו (H2099)]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 548

Strong’s Definitions

זַיִת zayith, zay'-yith; probably from an unused root (akin to H2099); an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry:—olive (tree, -yard), Olivet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's H2132 in the following manner: olive (17x), olive tree (14x), oliveyard (6x), olivet (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x
The KJV translates Strong's H2132 in the following manner: olive (17x), olive tree (14x), oliveyard (6x), olivet (1x).
masculine noun

  1. olive, olive tree

    1. olive tree

    2. olives

      proper locative noun

  2. mountain facing Jerusalem on the east side

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
זַיִת zayith, zay'-yith; probably from an unused root (akin to H2099); an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry:—olive (tree, -yard), Olivet.
STRONGS H2132: Abbreviations
† זַ֫יִת noun masculinePsalm 52:10 olive-tree, olive (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic atxyfz, זֵיתָא; Ethiopic ዘደት፡ Arabic زَيْتُونً olive-tree, olive, زَيْتً olive-oil; see LagM iii. 215 ff HomAufsätze u. Abh., 1892, 94, 99 ff.; √dubious; Thes and most derive from assumed זהה be bright, fresh, luxuriant (see below זִוּ) + ת afformative which is. then treated as radical, compare Sta§ 187 a; but this not certain, compare Ol§ 119 b, 142 a; according to LagArmen. Stud. § 1347 ז is Armen. loan-word, see also LagM l.c.; BN 219, Anm.); — absolute ז׳ Genesis 8:11, construct זֵית Deuteronomy 8:8; 2 Kings 18:32; suffix זֵיתְךָ Deuteronomy 24:20, זֵיתֶ֑ךָ Exodus 23:11; Deuteronomy 28:40; plural זֵיתִים Deuteronomy 6:11, etc.; —
1. olive-tree Judges 9:8, 9 (personified, in Jotham's fable), Hosea 14:7 (simile of beauty), Job 15:33 = (as casting off its flowers, simile of wicked man); in 2 Samuel 15:23 insert אֲשֶׁר הַזּ׳ (before הַמִּדְבָּר, read בַּמּ׳) LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Dr; also plural of two olive-trees Zechariah 4:3, 11; רַעֲנָן ז׳ Psalm 52:10 fresh, (thriving) olive-tree (simile of prosperity), so Jeremiah 11:16; עֲלֶהזֿ׳ Genesis 8:11(J) olive-branch, sprig, compare Nehemiah 8:15 (here + עֲלֵי עֵץשֶֿׁמֶן, etc.); also plural שְׁתִלֵי זֵיתִים Psalm 128:3 olive-shoots (simile of children); שִׁבֲּלֵי זֵיתִים Zechariah 4:12 olive-branches (in Zechariah's vision); זַיִת in representative or collective sense, = olive-trees, groups of growing olive-trees, as property, source of wealth, olive-yards Exodus 23:11 (J E; + כֶּרֶם), Judges 15:5 (+ id.); עֵץהַֿזַּיִת Haggai 2:19 (+ הַגֶּפֶן וְהַתְּאֵנָה וְהָרִמּוֺן); also in phrase כִּחֵשׁ מַעֲשֵׂהזַֿיִת Habakkuk 3:17 the bearing, yield, of olive-trees (|| וּשְׁדֵמוֺר לֹאעָֿשָׂה אֹכֶל, compare also תְּאֵנָה and יְבוּל גֶּפֶן Habakkuk 3:17a); specifically זֵית שֶׁמֶן, oil-yielding olive-trees Deuteronomy 8:8 compare 2 Kings 18:32; נֹקֶף ז׳ striking or beating of olive-trees Isaiah 17:6; Isaiah 24:13 (simile of desolation at judgment of י׳), compare תַחְבֹּט כִּ׳ זֵיתְךָ Deuteronomy 24:20; rather more often plural; Amos 4:9 (|| גַּנּוֺת, כְּרָמִים, תְּאֵנִים), 1 Samuel 8:14 (|| שָׂדוֺת, כְּרָמִים), compare also Deuteronomy 6:11; Deuteronomy 28:40a Joshua 24:13; 2 Kings 5:26; 1 Chronicles 27:28; Nehemiah 5:11; Nehemiah 9:25.
2. of fruit of olive-tree, olives: Deuteronomy 28:40b (with שֶׁמֶן); תִּדְרֹךְ זַיִת Micah 6:15 (|| שֶׁמֶן); also שֶׁמֶן זַיִת olive-oil Exodus 27:20; Exodus 30:24 (P) Leviticus 24:2 (H).
3. in designations of place: מַעֲלֵה הַזֵּיתִים 2 Samuel 15:30 the ascent of the olive-trees (Greek Version of the LXX ἐν τῇ ἀναβάσει τῶν ἐλαιῶν = Mount of Olives); הַרהַֿזֵּיתִים Zechariah 14:4 (twice in verse) (Greek Version of the LXXτὸ ὄρος τῶν ἐλαιῶν); the well-known hill east of Jerusalem (NT usually as Zechariah 14:4 Greek Version of the LXX, e.g. Mark 13:3; compare also הָהָר 1 Kings 11:7; Ezekiel 11:33; Nehemiah 8:15; Targum טזּר זֵיתַיָּא 2 Kings 23:13 compare 2 Samuel 15:30; Zechariah 14:4 etc.; Targum Songs 8:5 טוּר מִשְׁחָא, and so Talmud etc.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:11; 8:11

Exodus

23:11; 23:11; 27:20; 30:24

Leviticus

24:2

Deuteronomy

6:11; 6:11; 8:8; 8:8; 24:20; 24:20; 28:40; 28:40; 28:40

Joshua

24:13

Judges

9:8; 9:9; 15:5

1 Samuel

8:14

2 Samuel

15:23; 15:30; 15:30

1 Kings

11:7

2 Kings

5:26; 18:32; 18:32; 23:13

1 Chronicles

27:28

Nehemiah

5:11; 8:15; 8:15; 9:25

Job

15:33

Psalms

128:3

Song of Songs

8:5

Isaiah

17:6; 24:13

Jeremiah

11:16

Hosea

14:7

Amos

4:9

Micah

6:15

Habakkuk

3:17; 3:17

Haggai

2:19

Zechariah

4:3; 4:11; 4:12; 14:4; 14:4; 14:4

Mark

13:3

H2132

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Strong's Number H2132 matches the Hebrew זַיִת (zayiṯ),
which occurs 38 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:11 - And the dove came to him at eventide; and behold, in her beak was an olive-leaf plucked off; and Noah knew that the waters had become low on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11 - but in the seventh thou shalt let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of thy people may eat of it; and what they leave, the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thine olive-tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:20 - And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee olive oil, pure, beaten, for the light, to light the lamp continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24 - and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:2 - Command the children of Israel that they bring unto thee pure beaten olive oil for the light, to light the lamp continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:11 - and houses full of everything good which thou filledst not, and wells digged which thou diggedst not, vineyards and oliveyards which thou plantedst not, and thou shalt have eaten and shalt be full;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:8 - a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:20 - When thou shakest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:40

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:40 - Olive-trees shalt thou have throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil; for thine olive-tree shall cast its fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:13 - And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:8 - The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive-tree, Reign over us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:9 - And the olive-tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to wave over the trees?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:5 - And he set the torches on fire, and let them run into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, and the olive gardens.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:14 - And your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, the best, will he take and give to his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:30 - But David went up by the ascent of the Olives, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot; and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:26 - And he said to him, Did not my heart go, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and bondmen, and bondwomen?

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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 corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive-trees and of honey, that ye may live and not die; and hearken not to Hezekiah, when he persuades you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:28 - and over the olive-trees and the sycamore-trees that were in the lowland was Baal-hanan the Gederite; and over the cellars of oil was Joash.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:11 - Restore, I pray you, to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive-gardens, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine and the oil, that ye have exacted of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:15 - and that they should publish and proclaim through all their cities, and at Jerusalem, saying, Go forth to the mount, and fetch olive-branches, and wild olive-branches, and myrtle-branches, and palm-branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 - And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, wells digged, vineyards and olive-gardens, and fruit trees in abundance. And they did eat and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:33 - He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 52:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:8 - But as for me, I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I will confide in the loving-kindness of God for ever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 128:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 128:3 - Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:6 - And a gleaning shall be left in it, as at the shaking of an olive-tree: two, three berries above, in the tree-top; four, five in its fruitful boughs, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:13 - For so will it be in the midst of the land among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the grape-gleanings when the vintage is done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:16 - Jehovah had called thy name, A green olive-tree, fair, of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and its branches are broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:6 - His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:9 - I have smitten you with blasting and mildew; the palmer-worm hath devoured the multitude of your gardens, and your vineyards, and your fig-trees and your olive-trees: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:15 - Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and new wine, but shalt not drink wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:17 - For though the fig-tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive-tree shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls:

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:19 - Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-tree have not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:3 - and two olive-trees beside it, one on the right of the bowl, and the other on the left of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:11 - And I answered and said unto him, What are these two olive-trees on the right of the lamp-stand and on its left?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:12 - And I answered the second time and said unto him, What are the two olive-branches which are beside the two golden tubes that empty the gold out of themselves?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:4 - And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem toward the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, -- a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
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