Strong G1636ἐλαία

olive tree

Transliteration
elaia
Pronunciation
el-ah'-yah
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

Feminine of a presumed derivative from an obsolete primary; an olive (the tree or the fruit): - olive (berry tree).

Detailed definition

ἐλαία
(Attic, ἐλάα), -ας, ἡ [in LXX for זַיִת;]
1. an olive tree: Rom.11:17, 24, Rev.11:4; τ. ὄρος τῶν ἐ. (זַיִת הַר, Zec.14:4), the Mount of Olives: Mat.21:1 24:3 26:30, Mrk.11:1 13:3 14:26, Luk.19:37 22:39; τὸ καλούμενον ἐ. (T, ἐλαιών, which see), Luk.19:29 21:37.

2. an olive (Aristoph.): Jas.3:12.†
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In the Bible

Strong G1636 appears in 15 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • olives11
  • tree3
  • berry1

First verses

  1. Matthew 21:1
    And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
  2. Matthew 24:3
    And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
  3. Matthew 26:30
    And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
  4. Mark 11:1
    And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
  5. Mark 13:3
    And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
  6. Mark 14:26
    And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
  7. Luke 19:29
    And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
  8. Luke 19:37
    And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;
  9. Luke 21:37
    And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
  10. Luke 22:39
    And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.
  11. John 8:1
    Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.
  12. Romans 11:17
    And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
  13. Romans 11:24
    For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
  14. James 3:12
    Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
  15. Revelation 11:4
    These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐλαία,
Attic dialect ἐλάα, ἡ, olive-tree, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, especially in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”, 11.590, +others)]; ἱερὴ ἐ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (. 13.372, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.13, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.55, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 701 (Lyric poetry), etc.; ἡμέρη ἐλαίη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.82 (opposed to ἀγρία ἐ. or κότινος) φέρεσθαι ἐκτὸς τῶν ἐλαῶν)] to run beyond the olives, which stood at the end of the Athenian racecourse, i.e. to go too far, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 995)], ubi see Scholia; of the Indian Olea cuspidata, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.4.11.)]
2 variety of δάφνη [Refs 1st c.BC+ (111, [prev. work] 4.7.2, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.3.6.)]
II olive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 550, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 372c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.262, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.119, etc.)] —Acc. to Grammars ἐλάα was the proper form in this sense, ἐλαία in the first; but ἐλάα is simply the Attic dialect form,[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (compare “IG” 12.94.33, 2.476.21, 1055.36 (also “PHal.” 1.98 (3rd c.BC), etc.).)]
III naevus on the skin, Melamp.[Refs (p.508F.)]
IV ={δίφρου Κυρηναϊκοῦ μέρος}, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus [In ἐλάα)], the penultimate is long, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 360.46, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 550, “Pax” 578, “Av.” 617, etc.)]; but ἐλᾰῶν in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 261.3 (where perhaps ἐλῶν—ἐλᾶς is acknowledged by 2nd c.AD: Aelius Dionysius Grammaticus “fragment” 162, and found in “PRyl.” 97.7 (2nd c.AD), ἐλᾶν in 130.11 (1st c.AD)—should be restored), and ᾰ in ἐλάη, “Anthologia Graeca” 4.2.12 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus), 6.102 ([prev. author]).])]