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Strong's #1637 - ἔλαιον

Transliteration

élaion

Phonetics

el'-ah-yon

Origin

from the same as (G1636)

Parts of Speech

Noun Neuter

TDNT

2:470,221

Definition

Thayer's

olive oil
1. for fuel for lamps
2. for healing the sick
3. for anointing the head and body at feasts
4. mentioned among articles of commerce

Thayer
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Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3323 ‑ יִצְהָר (yits‑hawr'); 4887 ‑ מְשַׁח (mesh‑akh'); 5480 ‑ סוּךְ (sook); 8081 ‑ שֶׁמֶן (sheh'‑men);

Frequency Lists

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KJV (11)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Hebrews

James

Revelation

NAS (12)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Hebrews

James

Revelation

HCS (11)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Hebrews

James

Revelation

BSB (11)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Hebrews

James

Revelation

ESV (11)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Hebrews

James

Revelation

WEB (11)

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Hebrews

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Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἔλαιον, τό,

(ἐλαία)

I olive-oil, in Hom. mostly anointing-oil, used after the bath, λοεσσαμένω καὶ ἀλειψαμένω λίπ' ἐλαίῳ Il. 10.577, cf. 14.171, 18.350, etc.; before wrestling and other gymnastic exercises, πωλησεῦντι τὸ ἔ. εἰς τὸ γυμνάσιον IG 12(1).3 (Rhodes); ἔ. θεῖναι to provide oil at the baths, ib.4.597,606 (Argos): prov., πῦρ ἐλαίῳ κοιμίσαι Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 8 (a); ἐλαίῳ πῦρ κατας βεννύναι Luc. Tim. 44; εὐῶδες ἔ. Od. 2.339; ῥοδόεν (rose-scented) Il. 23.186; ἔ. ῥόδινον Hp. Mul. 2.135; ἔ. λευκον ib. 136; τοῦ λευκοτάτου πάντων ἐ. Σαμιακοῦ Antiph. 331.

II any oily substance, ἔ. χήνειον Hp. Mul. 2.194; κίκινον, ἀμυγδάλινον ἔ., etc., Dsc. 1.32,33, etc.; ῥαφάνινον ἔλαιον PAmh. 2.93 (ii A.D.), etc.; ἔ. ἀπὸ σελαχῶν, like our 'cod-liver oil ', Arist. HA 520a18; ἔ. ἀπὸ γάλακτος butter, Hecat. 154 J.

III at Athens, oil-market, ἀναμενῶ σε.. πρὸς τοὔλαιον Men. 896.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἔλαιον , -ου , τό ,

[in LXX chiefly for H8081;]

olive-oil: Luke 16:6, Revelation 6:6; Revelation 18:13; for lamps, Matthew 25:3-4; Matthew 25:8; for healing, Mark 6:13, Luke 10:34, John 5:14; for anointing at feasts, Luke 7:46, Hebrews 1:9 (LXX).†

SYN.: μύρον G3464, ointment, v. Tr., Syn., 135.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For ἔ. = ";olive-oil,"; it is sufficient to cite P Par 43.4 (B.C. 154) καλῶς ποιήσεις ἀποστεῖλαί μοι ἡμίχουν ἐλαίου, P Oxy I. 91.14 (receipt of wages for nursing—A.D. 187) ὑπὲρ τροφείων καὶ ἐλαίου καὶ ἱματισμοῦ, P Grenf II. 77.36 (iii/iv A.D.) (= Selections, p. 122) where arrangements are made that a man conveying a dead body should be entertained ἐν ψωμίοις καὶ [οἰ ]ν ̣αρίῳ καὶ ἐλαίῳ, and the Christian letter P Heid 6.21 (iv/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 127) καταξίωσον δέξεσθαι τὸ μικρὸν ἐλέου διὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ ἡμῶν Μαγαρίου. The word is used = ";olive-tree"; in P Petr I. 29.7 (iii/B.C.) τὸ δὲ ἔλαιον δέδωκεν χοῦς ς ̄. For ἐλαιοκάπηλος, see PSI IV. 372.5 (B.C. 250–49), and for ἐλαιουργεῖον, ib. 438.6 (iii/B.C.).

List of Word Forms

ελαιον έλαιον έλαιόν ἔλαιον ελαιου ελαίου ἐλαίου ελαιω ελαιώ ελαίω ἐλαίῳ elaio elaiō elaíoi elaíōi elaion élaion elaiou elaíou

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