Olive tree
ἐλαίαStrong’s G1636elaia
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Elaia is the Greek word usually translated “olive tree”, “olives” and “olive trees”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“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;”
Meaning
Usually translated “olive tree”, “olives” and “olive trees”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- olive tree 2
- olives 1
- olive trees 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 2
- James 1
- Revelation 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 11:24For 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?
- James 3:12Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
- Revelation 11:4These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
Greek dictionary
ἐλαία elaia · olive tree
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.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “olive” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OL'IVE, noun
[Latin oliva, from olea, an olive tree; Gr. See Oil]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.