Strong G1638ἐλαιών
Olivet
- Transliteration
- elaiōn
- Pronunciation
- el-ah-yone'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Location
Definition
From G1636; an olive orchard that is (specifically) the Mount of Olives: - Olivet.
Detailed definition
ἐλαιών, -ῶνος, ὁ
(ἐλαία), [in LXX for זַיִת;]
olive-grove, olive-garden (so in FlJ and in π.; Deiss., BS, 209 ff.; MM, Exp., iii; M, Pr., 49, 69, 235): Luk.19:29 21:37 (WH, -ῶν; see their App., 158; Field, Notes, 73; El., § 10, 5; 33, 1; Thayer, see word), Act.1:12 (where EL, ll with, proposes the conjectural emendation ἐλαιῶν for -ῶνος).†
(AS)
(ἐλαία), [in LXX for זַיִת;]
olive-grove, olive-garden (so in FlJ and in π.; Deiss., BS, 209 ff.; MM, Exp., iii; M, Pr., 49, 69, 235): Luk.19:29 21:37 (WH, -ῶν; see their App., 158; Field, Notes, 73; El., § 10, 5; 33, 1; Thayer, see word), Act.1:12 (where EL, ll with, proposes the conjectural emendation ἐλαιῶν for -ῶνος).†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Olives Mount
A mountain ridge east of Jerusalem
The Mount of Olives is a mountain ridge east of Jerusalem, known as the site of many significant events in the Bible, particularly in the life of Jesus.
In the Bible
Strong G1638 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- olivet1
First verses
- Acts 1:12Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐλαι-ών, ῶνος, ὁ,
olive-yard, [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire 57.2 (3rd c.BC), LXX.Exo.23.11, +others, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.4.14, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.289, “Geoponica” 3.11.1.)]
II the Mount of Olives, Olivet, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Acts.1.12, +others, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 7.9.2.)]
olive-yard, [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire 57.2 (3rd c.BC), LXX.Exo.23.11, +others, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.4.14, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.289, “Geoponica” 3.11.1.)]
II the Mount of Olives, Olivet, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Acts.1.12, +others, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 7.9.2.)]