Strong G1637ἔλαιον
olive oil
- Transliteration
- elaion
- Pronunciation
- el'-ah-yon
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Neuter of the same as G1636; olive oil: - oil.
Detailed definition
ἔλαιον, -ου, τό
[in LXX chiefly for שֶׁמֶן;]
olive-oil: Luk.16:6, Rev.6:6 18:13; for lamps, Mat.25:3-4, 8; for healing, Mrk.6:13, Luk.10:34, Jhn.5:14; for anointing at feasts, Luk.7:46, Heb.1:9" (LXX).†
SYN.: μύρον, ointment, see Tr., Syn., 135 (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for שֶׁמֶן;]
olive-oil: Luk.16:6, Rev.6:6 18:13; for lamps, Mat.25:3-4, 8; for healing, Mrk.6:13, Luk.10:34, Jhn.5:14; for anointing at feasts, Luk.7:46, Heb.1:9" (LXX).†
SYN.: μύρον, ointment, see Tr., Syn., 135 (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1637 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- oil11
First verses
- Matthew 25:3They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
- Matthew 25:4But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
- Matthew 25:8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
- Mark 6:13And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
- Luke 7:46My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
- Luke 10:34And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
- Luke 16:6And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
- Hebrews 1:9Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
- James 5:14Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
- Revelation 6:6And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
- Revelation 18:13And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἔλαιον, τό,
(ἐλαία) olive-oil, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] mostly anointing-oil, used after the bath, λοεσσαμένω καὶ ἀλειψαμένω λίπ᾽ ἐλαίῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.577, compare 14.171, 18.350, etc.)]; before wrestling and other gymnastic exercises, πωλησεῦντι τὸ ἔ. εἰς τὸ γυμνάσιον [Refs (“IG” 12(1).3 (from Rhodes))]; ἔ. θεῖναι to provide oil at the baths, [Refs ([prev. work]4.597,606 (from Argos): proverbial, πῦρ ἐλαίῳ κοιμίσαι “Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 8)] (a); ἐλαίῳ πῦρ κατας βεννύναι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 44)]; εὐῶδες ἔ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.339)]; ῥοδόεν (rose-scented) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.186; ἔ. ῥόδινον 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.135)]; ἔ. λευκον[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 136; τοῦ λευκοτάτου πάντων ἐ. Σαμιακοῦ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 331.)]
II any oily substance, ἔ. χήνειον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.194)]; κίκινον, ἀμυγδάλινον ἔ., etc., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.32,33, etc.; ῥαφάνινον ἔλαιον “PAmh.” 2.93 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]; ἔ. ἀπὸ σελαχῶν, like our 'cod-liver oil', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 520a18)]; ἔ. ἀπὸ γάλακτος butter, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Hecataeus Milesius Historicus 154 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]
III at Athens, oil-market, ἀναμενῶ σε.. πρὸς τοὔλαιον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 896.)]
(ἐλαία) olive-oil, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] mostly anointing-oil, used after the bath, λοεσσαμένω καὶ ἀλειψαμένω λίπ᾽ ἐλαίῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.577, compare 14.171, 18.350, etc.)]; before wrestling and other gymnastic exercises, πωλησεῦντι τὸ ἔ. εἰς τὸ γυμνάσιον [Refs (“IG” 12(1).3 (from Rhodes))]; ἔ. θεῖναι to provide oil at the baths, [Refs ([prev. work]4.597,606 (from Argos): proverbial, πῦρ ἐλαίῳ κοιμίσαι “Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 8)] (a); ἐλαίῳ πῦρ κατας βεννύναι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 44)]; εὐῶδες ἔ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.339)]; ῥοδόεν (rose-scented) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.186; ἔ. ῥόδινον 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.135)]; ἔ. λευκον[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 136; τοῦ λευκοτάτου πάντων ἐ. Σαμιακοῦ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 331.)]
II any oily substance, ἔ. χήνειον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.194)]; κίκινον, ἀμυγδάλινον ἔ., etc., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.32,33, etc.; ῥαφάνινον ἔλαιον “PAmh.” 2.93 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]; ἔ. ἀπὸ σελαχῶν, like our 'cod-liver oil', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 520a18)]; ἔ. ἀπὸ γάλακτος butter, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Hecataeus Milesius Historicus 154 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]
III at Athens, oil-market, ἀναμενῶ σε.. πρὸς τοὔλαιον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 896.)]