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Lexicon :: Strong's H6086 - ʿēṣ

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עֵץ
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ʿēṣ
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TWOT Reference: 1670a

Strong’s Definitions

עֵץ ʻêts, ates; from H6095; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks):— carpenter, gallows, helve, pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 328x

The KJV translates Strong's H6086 in the following manner: tree (162x), wood (107x), timber (23x), stick (14x), gallows (8x), staff (4x), stock (4x), carpenter (with H2796) (2x), branches (1x), helve (1x), planks (1x), stalks (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 328x
The KJV translates Strong's H6086 in the following manner: tree (162x), wood (107x), timber (23x), stick (14x), gallows (8x), staff (4x), stock (4x), carpenter (with H2796) (2x), branches (1x), helve (1x), planks (1x), stalks (1x).
  1. tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows

    1. tree, trees

    2. wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֵץ ʻêts, ates; from H6095; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks):— carpenter, gallows, helve, pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
STRONGS H6086: Abbreviations
עֵץ 329 noun masculineGenesis 2:9 tree, trees, wood; — ע׳ absolute Genesis 3:3 +, construct Genesis 3:24 +, עֵץֿ Genesis 2:16 +; suffix עֵֽצְךָ Deuteronomy 28:42, etc.; plural עֵצִים Judges 9:8 +, construct עֲצֵי Isaiah 7:2 +, suffix עֵצֶיךָ Deuteronomy 29:10, עֵצֵינוּ Lamentations 5:4, etc.; —
1. (approximately + 150 times)
a. a standing tree Genesis 18:4, 8 (J) +, Exodus 15:25 (J; of shrub ?), Jeremiah 17:18 = Psalm 1:3 (simile); to be felled Deuteronomy 19:5; 2 Kings 6:6; הָעֵצִים (apparently including vine and bramble) in allegory Judges 9:8 + 6 times Judges 9; עֵץ הַחַיִּים Genesis 2:9; Genesis 3:22, 24 (J), compare חַיִּים ע׳ figurative of source of (life and) happiness Proverbs 3:18; Proverbs 11:30; Proverbs 13:12; Proverbs 15:4; הַדַּעַת טוֺב וָדָע ע׳ Genesis 2:9, 16 (J); עֲצֵי (ה)יַעַר Isaiah 7:2 (simile), Isaiah 44:14; Ezekiel 15:2 +; עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה Isaiah 55:12; Ezekiel 17:24 (figurative), +; עֲצֵי לְבָנוֺן 2 Chronicles 2:7; עֲצֵימַֿיִם Ezekiel 31:14; עֲצֵי י׳ Psalm 104:16; עֲצֵי עֵדֶןEzekiel 31:9, 16, 18 (twice in verse); עֲצֵי לְבוֺנָה Songs 4:14; of vine עֵץ הַגֶּפֶןEzekiel 15:2, 6; תַּחַת כָּלעֵֿץ רַעֲנָ֑ן place of illicit worship † Deuteronomy 12:2; Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 3:6, 13; 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 16:4; 2 Kings 17:10; Ezekiel 6:13; Isaiah 57:5; 2 Chronicles 28:4, compare עַלעֵֿץ רַעֲנָן Jeremiah 17:2; כָּלעַֿץ עָבֹת Ezekiel 20:28.
b. collective trees, עֵץהַֿגָּן Genesis 2:16; Genesis 3:1, 2, 8 (all J); usually later, י׳ Genesis 1:12, 29 (twice in verse) (P), +; פְּרִי פְּרִיעֵץ fruittrees Genesis 1:11 (P), Psalm 148:9, compare Ecclesiastes 2:5, עֵץ פְּרִי Exodus 10:15 (J), Ezekiel 36:30; Leviticus 23:40 (H), compare Joel 2:22; עֵץמַֿאֲכָל Deuteronomy 20:20; Leviticus 19:23 (H), Ezekiel 47:12; Nehemiah 9:25; עֵץ הַזַּיִת Haggai 2:19 olive trees, עֵץ שֶׁמֶן Nehemiah 8:15, עֵץשָֿׁ֑מֶן Isaiah 41:19; סֲבָחעֵֿץ Psalm 74:5 thicket of trees; עֵץ הַשָּׂרֶה Exodus 9:25 (J), +; עֵץ הַיַּעַרEzekiel 15:6, compare Isaiah 10:19; Isaiah 44:23; כִּימֵי הָעֵץ Isaiah 65:22 (simile of great age).
c. plural of trees felled for building, 1 Kings 5:20 [1 Kings 5:6]; 1 Kings 5:32 [1 Kings 5:32] (+ אֲבָנִים); עֲצֵי אֲרָזִים 2 Samuel 5:11 = 1 Chronicles 14:1 + 7 times; עֲצֵי בְרוֺשִׁים Jeremiah 52:22, 24; Jeremiah 9:11; (אַלְגּ׳) אַלְמֻגִּים עֲצֵי, see אַלְגּ׳ above.
2. (approximately 175 times; with approximately 120 times plural, to denote pieces [or articles] of wood).
a. wood, as material; for building, 2 Kings 12:13 (+ אַבְנֵי מַתְצֵב), 2 Kings 22:6 2 Chronicles 34:11 (both + id.), Nehemiah 2:8 +; עֲצֵי שָׁ֑מֶן 1 Kings 6:23, 31, 33 compare 1 Kings 6:32; עֲצֵיגֹּֿפֶר Genesis 6:14 (Noah's ark), עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים Exodus 25:5, 10 + 20 times Exodus (of tabernacle and its furniture; all P) Deuteronomy 10:3; מִגְדַּלעֵֿץ Nehemiah 8:4; מוֺטִת עֵץ Jeremiah 28:13 (in figurative; opposed to בַּרְזֶל מ׳); כְּלִיעֵֿץ article of wood Leviticus 11:32; Leviticus 15:12; Numbers 31:20, compare Numbers 35:18 (all P). Hence
b. עֵצִים = articles of wood Exodus 7:19 (P; || אֲבָנִים), 1 Chronicles 29:2; so עֲצֵי בְרוֺשִׁים 2 Samuel 6:5 (but see בְּרוֺשׁ near the end); specifically הָעֵץ = helve of axe Deuteronomy 19:5; (וֹ)חֲנִית עֵץ 1 Samuel 17:7 Qr (Kt חֵץ) = 1 Chronicles 20:5; 2 Samuel 21:19; 2 Samuel 23:7; עֲצֵי הָעֲגָלָה 1 Samuel 6:14 (i.e. wood of which cart was made), עֲצֵי הָאֲשֵׁרָה Judges 6:26; especially timbers of a house Zechariah 5:4; Habakkuk 2:11; Leviticus 14:45, of a city 1 Kings 15:22 2 Chronicles 16:5; Ezekiel 26:12; עֵץ of pole on which bodies of slain (criminals and others) were exposed (perhaps originally trees) Genesis 40:19 (E), Joshua 8:29 (twice in verse); Joshua 10:26 (twice in verse); Joshua 10:27 (all J E), Deuteronomy 21:22, 23; late (in Persian) used for executing criminals (? by hanging = gallows), תָּלָח עַלעֵֿץ Esther 2:23 + 8 times Esther.
† c. of idols, עֵץ וָאֶבֶן Deuteronomy 4:28; Deuteronomy 28:36, 64; Deuteronomy 29:16; 2 Kings 19:18 = Isaiah 37:19; Ezekiel 20:32, compare Jeremiah 2:27; Jeremiah 3:9; Habakkuk 2:19; so עֵץ alone Hosea 4:12; Isaiah 40:20, of.Isaiah 44:19; Isaiah 45:20; אֲשֵׁרָה כָּלעֵֿץ Deuteronomy 16:21.
d. (fire-)wood Joshua 9:23, 27 (J), Joshua 9:21 (P), Deuteronomy 19:5; Isaiah 30:33 +, read עֵצִים also Ezekiel 24:5 (for MT עצמים) Bö Ew Sm Co Berthol Toy; especially for sacrifices 1 Kings 18:23 (twice in verse) +, Genesis 22:7, 9 (twice in verse); Leviticus 1:7 + 6 times Leviticus (all P), 2 Samuel 24:22 || 1 Chronicles 21:23, +; עֲצֵי עוֺלָה Genesis 22:3, 6 (P).
e. עֵץ (הָ)אֶרֶז cedar-wood, used in purifications Leviticus 14:4, 6, 49, 51, 52; Numbers 19:6 (all P).
f. הָעֵץ פִּשְׁתֵּי Joshua 2:6 woody-flax, i.e. flax on the stalk. — Jeremiah 10:8 Gie proposes הֶבֶל מֹעֲצֹתָו for MT הֲבָלִים עִץ הוּא. — מֹאֶסֶת כָּלעֵֿץ Ezekiel 21:15 is dubious, Sm proposes מָאֵסְתָּ כָלעֵֿץ, Co מֹאֲסֵי כָלעֹֿז, Berthol וּמְנַסֵּף כָּלעַֿז; SiegfKau Toy leave untranslated.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H636.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:11; 1:12; 1:29; 2:9; 2:9; 2:9; 2:16; 2:16; 2:16; 3:1; 3:2; 3:3; 3:8; 3:22; 3:24; 3:24; 6:14; 18:4; 18:8; 22:3; 22:6; 22:7; 22:9; 40:19

Exodus

7:19; 9:25; 10:15; 15:25; 25:5; 25:10

Leviticus

1:7; 11:32; 14:4; 14:6; 14:45; 14:49; 14:51; 14:52; 15:12; 19:23; 23:40

Numbers

19:6; 31:20; 35:18

Deuteronomy

4:28; 10:3; 12:2; 16:21; 19:5; 19:5; 19:5; 20:20; 21:22; 21:23; 28:36; 28:42; 28:64; 29:10; 29:16

Joshua

2:6; 8:29; 9:21; 9:23; 9:27; 10:26; 10:27

Judges

6:26; 9; 9:8; 9:8

1 Samuel

6:14; 17:7

2 Samuel

5:11; 6:5; 21:19; 23:7; 24:22

1 Kings

5:6; 6:23; 6:31; 6:32; 6:33; 14:23; 15:22; 18:23

2 Kings

6:6; 12:13; 16:4; 17:10; 19:18; 22:6

1 Chronicles

14:1; 20:5; 21:23; 29:2

2 Chronicles

2:7; 16:5; 28:4; 34:11

Nehemiah

2:8; 8:4; 8:15; 9:25

Esther

2:23

Psalms

1:3; 74:5; 104:16; 148:9

Proverbs

3:18; 11:30; 13:12; 15:4

Ecclesiastes

2:5

Song of Songs

4:14

Isaiah

7:2; 7:2; 10:19; 30:33; 37:19; 40:20; 41:19; 44:14; 44:19; 44:23; 45:20; 55:12; 57:5; 65:22

Jeremiah

2:20; 2:27; 3:6; 3:9; 3:13; 9:11; 10:8; 17:2; 17:18; 28:13; 52:22; 52:24

Lamentations

5:4

Ezekiel

6:13; 15:2; 15:2; 15:6; 15:6; 17:24; 20:28; 20:32; 21:15; 24:5; 26:12; 31:9; 31:14; 31:16; 31:18; 36:30; 47:12

Hosea

4:12

Joel

2:22

Habakkuk

2:11; 2:19

Haggai

2:19

Zechariah

5:4

H6086

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6086 matches the Hebrew עֵץ (ʿēṣ),
which occurs 330 times in 288 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 6 (Jos 9:23–2Ki 16:4)

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:23 - Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood H6086 and drawers of water for the house of my God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:27 - And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood H6086 and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:26 - And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: H6086 and they were hanging upon the trees H6086 until the evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:27 - And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, H6086 and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:26 - And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood H6086 of the grove which thou shalt cut down.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:8 - The trees H6086 went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:9 - But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? H6086
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:10 - And the trees H6086 said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:11 - But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? H6086
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:12 - Then said the trees H6086 unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:13 - And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? H6086
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:14 - Then said all the trees H6086 unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:15 - And the bramble said unto the trees, H6086 If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:48 - And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, H6086 and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:14 - And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood H6086 of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:7 - And the staff H6086 of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:11 - And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, H6086 and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:5 - And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, H6086 even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:19 - And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff H6086 of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7 - But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff H6086 of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:22 - And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood. H6086
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:33 - And he spake of trees, H6086 from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:6 - Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber H6086 like unto the Sidonians.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:8 - And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber H6086 of cedar, and concerning timber H6086 of fir.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:10 - So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees H6086 and fir trees H6086 according to all his desire.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:18 - And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber H6086 and stones to build the house.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:10 - And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber H6086 of cedar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:15 - And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, H6086 and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:23 - And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, H6086 each ten cubits high.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:31 - And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: H6086 the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:32 - The two doors also were of olive tree; H6086 and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:33 - So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, H6086 a fourth part of the wall.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:34 - And the two doors were of fir tree: H6086 the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 - (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees H6086 and fir trees, H6086 and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:11 - And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, H6086 and precious stones.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:12 - And the king made of the almug trees H6086 pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, H6086 nor were seen unto this day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:23 - For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. H6086
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:22 - Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber H6086 thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:10 - So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: H6086 and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:12 - And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, H6086 that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:23 - Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, H6086 and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, H6086 and put no fire under:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:33 - And he put the wood H6086 in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, H6086 and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. H6086
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:38 - Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, H6086 and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:19 - And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, H6086 and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25 - And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: H6086 only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:4 - So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. H6086
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:6 - And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, H6086 and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:11 - And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters H6086 and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:12 - And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber H6086 and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:4 - And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. H6086

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