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Lexicon :: Strong's H6086 - ʿēṣ

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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 4 / 6 (2Ki 17:10–Pro 3:18)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:10 - And they set for themselves sacred pillars and [fn]Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree H6086,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:18 - and have put their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men’s hands, wood H6086 and stone. So they have destroyed them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:6 - to the craftsmen and the builders and the masons and for buying timber H6086 and hewn stone to repair the house.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1 -

Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees H6086 and craftsmen of walls and craftsmen of wood H6086, to build a house for him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:33 -

Then the trees H6086 of the forest will sing for joy before Yahweh;

For He is coming to judge the earth.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:5 - And there was war with the Philistines again, and Elhanan the son of Jair struck down Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft H6086 of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:23 - And Ornan said to David, “Take it for yourself; and let my lord the king do what is good in his sight. See, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings and the threshing sledges for the wood H6086 and the wheat for the grain offering; I will give everything.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:4 - and timbers H6086 of cedar logs beyond number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought large quantities of cedar timber H6086 to David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:14 - “Now behold, [fn]with great pains I have prepared for the house of Yahweh 100,000 [fn]talents of gold and 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weight, for [fn]they are in great quantity; also timber H6086 and stone I have prepared, and you may add to them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:15 - “Moreover, there are many of those who do the work with you, hewers of stone and craftsmen of stone and wood H6086, and all men who are [fn]wise in every kind of work.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:2 - “Now with all my power I have prepared for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, and wood H6086 for the things of wood H6086, onyx stones and inlaid stones, stones of antimony and stones of various colors, and all kinds of precious stones and alabaster in abundance.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:8 - “Send me also cedar, cypress and algum timber H6086 from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber H6086 of Lebanon; and behold, my servants will work with your servants,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:9 - to prepare timber H6086 in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:10 - “And behold, I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber H6086, [fn]20,000 kors of crushed wheat and 20,000 kors of barley, and [fn]20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of oil.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:14 - the son of a [fn]Danite woman and [fn]a Tyrian father, who knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood H6086, and in purple, blue, linen, and crimson fabrics, and who knows how to make all kinds of engravings and to devise any design which may be given to him, to work with your wise men and with the wise men of my lord David your father.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:16 - “And we will cut whatever timber H6086 you need from Lebanon and bring it to you on rafts by sea to Joppa, so that you may carry it up to Jerusalem.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:5 - Now he overlaid the [fn]main room with cypress wood H6086 and overlaid it with fine gold, and [fn]ornamented it with palm trees and chains.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:10 -

Also, the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees H6086 and precious stones.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:11 - And the king made of the algum trees steps for the house of Yahweh and for the king’s house, and lyres and harps for the singers; and none like that was seen before in the land of Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:6 - Then King Asa brought all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber H6086 with which Baasha had been building, and with them he built Geba and Mizpah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:4 - He also sacrificed and offered offerings in smoke on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree H6086.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:11 - They in turn gave it to the craftsmen and to the builders to buy hewn stone and timber H6086 for clamps and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had let go to ruin.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - Then they gave money to the masons and [fn]carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and to the Tyrians, to bring cedar wood H6086 from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, according to the permission they had [fn]from Cyrus king of Persia.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:8 - and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber H6086 to make beams for the gates of the fortress which is by the house of God, for the wall of the city and for the house to which I will go.” And the king granted them to me because the good hand of my God was on me.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:4 - Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden H6086 podium which they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand; and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam on his left hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:15 - and that they should make the report heard and make a proclamation of it pass throughout all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hills, and bring olive branches and [fn]wild H6086 olive branches, myrtle branches, palm branches, and branches of other leafy trees H6086, to make booths, as it is written.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 -

“They captured fortified cities and a [fn]rich [fn]land.

They took possession of houses full of every good thing,

Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves,

Trees H6086 for food in abundance.

So they ate, were filled, and grew fat,

And reveled in Your great goodness.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:34 -

Likewise we cast lots for the supply of wood H6086 among the priests, the Levites, and the people, in order to bring it to the house of our God, according to our fathers’ households, at fixed times annually, to burn on the altar of Yahweh our God, as it is written in the law;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:35 - and to bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of all the fruit of every tree H6086 to the house of Yahweh annually,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37 - We will also bring the first of our [fn]dough, our contributions, the fruit of every tree H6086, the new wine and the oil to the priests at the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithe of our ground to the Levites, for the Levites are they who receive the tithes in all the towns where we serve.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:31 - and I arranged for the supply of wood H6086 at fixed times and for the first fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:23 - Then the matter was sought out and found to be true, so they were both hanged on a [fn]gallows H6086; and it was written in the book of the chronicles in the king’s presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Have a [fn]gallows H6086 [fn]fifty cubits high made and in the morning say to the king that Mordecai should be hanged on it; then go gladly with the king to the feast.” And the word was good to Haman, so he had the gallows H6086 made.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:4 - So the king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had entered the outer court of the king’s house in order to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows H6086 which he had set up for him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9 - Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were before the king, said, “Behold indeed, the gallows H6086—which Haman made for Mordecai who spoke good on behalf of the king—are standing at Haman’s house fifty cubits high!” And the king said, “Hang him on it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:10 - So they hanged Haman on the [fn]gallows H6086 which he had set up for Mordecai, and the king’s wrath subsided.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:7 - So King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given the house of Haman to Esther, and him they have hanged on the [fn]gallows H6086 because he had sent forth his hand against the Jews.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:13 - Then Esther said, “If it is good to the king, let tomorrow also be given to the Jews who are in Susa to do according to the law for today; and let Haman’s 10 sons be hanged on the gallows H6086.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:25 - But when it came before the king, he said by letter that his evil scheme, which he had [fn]devised against the Jews, should return on his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the [fn]gallows H6086.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:7 -

“For there is hope for a tree H6086,

When it is cut down, that it will change back sprouting again,

And its shoots will not cease.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:10 -

“He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone;

And He has uprooted my hope like a tree H6086.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:20 -

“A [fn]mother will forget him;

The worm feasts sweetly till he is no longer remembered.

And unrighteousness will be broken like a tree H6086.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:27 -

“It regards iron as straw,

Bronze as rotten wood H6086.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:3 -

And he will be like a tree H6086 firmly planted by [fn]streams of water,

Which yields its fruit in its season

And its [fn]leaf does not wither;

And [fn]in whatever he does, he prospers.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:5 -

Each seems like one who lifts up

[fn]An axe against the undergrowth of trees H6086.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:12 -

Let the field exult, and all that is in it.

Then all the trees H6086 of the forest will sing for joy

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:16 -

The trees H6086 of Yahweh are satisfied,

The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:33 -

He also struck down their vines and their fig trees,

And He shattered the trees H6086 of their territory.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:9 -

Mountains and all hills;

Fruit trees H6086 and all cedars;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:18 -

She is a tree H6086 of life to those who seize her,

And all those who hold her fast are blessed.


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