Wood
ξύλονStrong’s G3586xulon
Appears in 18 verses of the New Testament
In short
Xulon is the Greek word usually translated “tree”, “clubs” and “wood”. It appears in 18 verses of the New Testament.
“And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.”
Meaning
Usually translated “tree”, “clubs” and “wood”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- tree 8
- clubs 5
- a tree 3
- wood 3
- stocks 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 5
- Acts 4
- Matthew 2
- Mark 2
- Luke 2
- 1 Corinthians 1
8 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 26:55In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
- Mark 14:43And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
- Mark 14:48And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?
- Luke 22:52Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?
- Luke 23:31For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
- Acts 5:30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
Greek dictionary
ξύλον xulon · wood
ξύλον, -ου, τό [in LXX chiefly for עֵץ ;] 1. wood: 1Co.3:12, Rev.18:12. 2. a piece of wood, hence, anything made of wood, as, (a) a cudgel, staff: pl., Mat.26:47, 55, Mrk.14:43, 48, Luk.22:52; (b) stocks, for confining the feet (Job.33:11, סַד) : Act.16:24; (with) a beam to which malefactors were bound (late Gk.), in LXX, of a gibbet (Deu.21:22-23), in NT, of the Cross: Act.5:30 10:39 13:29, Gal.3:13, 1Pe.2:24. 3. In late writers (see MM, xvii), a tree (Gen.1:29, Isa.14:8, al.) : Luk.23:31; ξ. τῆς ζωῆς, Rev.2:7 22:2, 14 22:19.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wood” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WOOD, adjective
Mad; furious.
All definitions and other forms of “wood”
WOOD, noun
- A large and thick collection of trees; a forest.
- The substance of trees; the hard substance which composes the body of a tree and its branches, and which is covered by the bark.
- Trees cut or sawed for the fire. wood is yet the principal fuel in the United States.
- An idol. Habakkuk 2:19
WOOD, verb intransitive
To supply or get supplies of wood
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.